NGC 3254
NGC 3254
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3254 as it looked roughly 64 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 3245ABarred spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 3245Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3277Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3265Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3400Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3118Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3245Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3277Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3265Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3400Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3118Barred spiral6.6 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).