NGC 3305
NGC 3305
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3305 as it looked roughly 186 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 3316Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3336Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3309Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3311Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3315Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3307Lenticular9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3336Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3309Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3311Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3315Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3307Lenticular9.8 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).