NGC 3285A
NGC 3285A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
169 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 169 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3285A as it looked roughly 169 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
NGC 3308Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 2586Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3307Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3315Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 2588Spiral9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2586Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3307Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3315Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 2588Spiral9.6 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).