NGC 3244
NGC 3244
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3244 as it looked roughly 129 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 3250Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3250ESpiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3318BSpiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3250DLenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3250CSpiral9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3250ESpiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3318BSpiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3250DLenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3250CSpiral9.0 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).