NGC 3370
NGC 3370
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3370 as it looked roughly 60 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 3346Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3338Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3389Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3287Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3522Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3301Lenticular6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3338Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3389Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3287Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3522Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3301Lenticular6.0 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).