NGC 3288
NGC 3288
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
379 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 379 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3288 as it looked roughly 379 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 3284Elliptical820,000 ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3188Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3214Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3164Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3517Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3188Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3214Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3164Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3517Spiral30 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).