NGC 3347B
NGC 3347B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
149 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 149 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3347B as it looked roughly 149 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 3275Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3281Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3257Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3358Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3354Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3258EBarred spiral8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3281Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3257Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3358Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3354Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3258EBarred spiral8.9 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).