NGC 3237
NGC 3237
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3237 as it looked roughly 327 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 3179Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3158Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3304Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3158Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3304Spiral18 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).