NGC 3258C
NGC 3258C
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3258C as it looked roughly 122 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 3281DBarred spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 2584Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3273Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3347CSpiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3347ABarred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3258DBarred spiral5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2584Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3273Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3347CSpiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3347ABarred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3258DBarred spiral5.7 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).