NGC 3214
NGC 3214
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
361 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 361 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3214 as it looked roughly 361 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 3188Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3164Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3238Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3164Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3238Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical25 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).