NGC 3212
NGC 3212
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
456 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 456 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3212 as it looked roughly 456 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 3215Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2601Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 2600Galaxy66 million ly
apartNGC 4954Lenticular75 million ly
apartNGC 3197Barred spiral81 million ly
apartNGC 5262Elliptical89 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2601Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 2600Galaxy66 million ly
apartNGC 4954Lenticular75 million ly
apartNGC 3197Barred spiral81 million ly
apartNGC 5262Elliptical89 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).