NGC 3241
NGC 3241
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3241 as it looked roughly 132 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 3223Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3157Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 2560Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3268Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3281CLenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3258Elliptical7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3157Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 2560Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3268Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3281CLenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3258Elliptical7.7 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).