NGC 3309
NGC 3309
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3309 as it looked roughly 190 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 3305Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3336Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3316Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3311Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 2582Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3307Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3336Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3316Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3311Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 2582Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3307Lenticular14 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).