NGC 3301
NGC 3301
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3301 as it looked roughly 62 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 3287Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 3213Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3226Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3193Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3437Spiral5.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3213Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3226Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3193Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3437Spiral5.4 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).