NGC 3314B
NGC 3314B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3314B as it looked roughly 219 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
IC 2582Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3309Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3305Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 3336Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3316Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 3333Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3309Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3305Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 3336Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3316Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 3333Barred spiral35 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).