NGC 3300
NGC 3300
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3300 as it looked roughly 141 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 3306Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3367Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3391Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3419Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3419ABarred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3230Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3367Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3391Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3419Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3419ABarred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3230Lenticular13 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).