NGC 3220
NGC 3220
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
19k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3220 as it looked roughly 55 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 3206Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 3073Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3079Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 691Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3631Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3310Spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3073Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3079Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 691Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3631Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3310Spiral9.2 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).