NGC 3332
NGC 3332
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3332 as it looked roughly 272 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 3376Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3356Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3439Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 616Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3438Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3356Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3439Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 616Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3438Elliptical34 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).