NGC 3341
NGC 3341
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3341 as it looked roughly 382 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 3326Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3337Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 636Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 634Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3349Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3362Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3337Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 636Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 634Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3349Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3362Spiral12 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).