NGC 3376
NGC 3376
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
271 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 271 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3376 as it looked roughly 271 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 3356Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3332Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3439Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 3325Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 632Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3332Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3439Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 3325Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 632Barred spiral32 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).