NGC 3250D
NGC 3250D
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3250D as it looked roughly 137 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 3278Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3250Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3250ESpiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3244Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3366Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3250Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3250ESpiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3244Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3366Barred spiral9.8 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).