NGC 3315
NGC 3315
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3315 as it looked roughly 177 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 3307Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartNGC 3311Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2586Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3316Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3285ASpiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3311Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2586Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3316Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3285ASpiral8.6 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).