NGC 3256C
NGC 3256C
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
119 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 119 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3256C as it looked roughly 119 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 3261Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 3250BBarred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3256BBarred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3250CSpiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3318BSpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3250BBarred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3256BBarred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3250CSpiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3318BSpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral11 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).