NGC 3258A
NGC 3258A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3258A 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 3223Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3224Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3268Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3258EBarred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3258Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 2560Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3224Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3268Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3258EBarred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3258Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 2560Barred spiral7.5 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).