NGC 3329
NGC 3329
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3329 as it looked roughly 87 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 3752Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4127Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3901Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 4159Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2732Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4291Elliptical9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4127Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3901Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 4159Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2732Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4291Elliptical9.5 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).