NGC 3369
NGC 3369
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3369 as it looked roughly 176 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 3393Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 3335Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 2594Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3331Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3315Elliptical8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3335Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 2594Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3331Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3315Elliptical8.9 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).