NGC 3296
NGC 3296
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
415 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 415 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3296 as it looked roughly 415 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 3280BLenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 3297Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3280CElliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3280AElliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 3360Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 631Elliptical44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3297Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3280CElliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3280AElliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 3360Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 631Elliptical44 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).