NGC 3245A
NGC 3245A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3245A as it looked roughly 63 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 3254Barred spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 3245Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 3277Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3265Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3400Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3118Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3245Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 3277Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3265Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3400Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3118Barred spiral6.8 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).