NGC 3366
NGC 3366
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3366 as it looked roughly 136 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 3262Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3256ABarred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3263Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3283Lenticular7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3256ABarred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3263Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3283Lenticular7.3 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).