NGC 3321
NGC 3321
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3321 as it looked roughly 116 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 3375Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3481Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3292Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 630Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3030Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 3361Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3481Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3292Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 630Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3030Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 3361Spiral26 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).