NGC 3282
NGC 3282
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
171 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 171 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3282 as it looked roughly 171 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 2589Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 2594Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3331Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3233Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3335Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3240Spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2594Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3331Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3233Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3335Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3240Spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).