NGC 3308
NGC 3308
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3308 as it looked roughly 166 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 3285ASpiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3285Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 2586Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 2588Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3307Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3285Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 2586Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 2588Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3307Lenticular11 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).