NGC 3343
NGC 3343
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
293 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 293 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3343 as it looked roughly 293 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 3144Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3562Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2963Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2957ASpiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 3890Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3562Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2963Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2957ASpiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 3890Spiral34 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).