NGC 3367
NGC 3367
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
138 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 138 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3367 as it looked roughly 138 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 3391Barred spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3419Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3419ABarred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3230Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3419Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3419ABarred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3230Lenticular15 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).