NGC 3249
NGC 3249
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3249 as it looked roughly 159 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 3257Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3281Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3275Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2588Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3267Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3347BBarred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3281Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3275Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2588Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3267Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3347BBarred spiral15 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).