NGC 3230
NGC 3230
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3230 as it looked roughly 131 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 3153Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 591Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3107Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3367Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 591Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3107Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3367Spiral15 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).