NGC 3357
NGC 3357
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
455 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 455 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3357 as it looked roughly 455 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 3253Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 620Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 3444Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 615Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 612Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 613Elliptical41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 620Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 3444Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 615Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 612Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 613Elliptical41 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).