NGC 3207
NGC 3207
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
324 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 324 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3207 as it looked roughly 324 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 3205Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 3179Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3202Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3135Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3179Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3202Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3135Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral25 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).