NGC 3391
NGC 3391
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
138 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 138 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3391 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 3367Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3419Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3419ABarred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3433Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3419Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3419ABarred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3433Spiral15 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).