NGC 3234
NGC 3234
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3234 as it looked roughly 299 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 3232Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 2572Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2583Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3209Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3270Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2572Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2583Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3209Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3270Spiral19 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).