NGC 3334
NGC 3334
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3334 as it looked roughly 336 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 3304Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 2606Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 2591Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3468Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 3150Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3237Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 2606Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 2591Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3468Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 3150Barred spiral34 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).