NGC 3258E
NGC 3258E
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
143 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 143 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3258E as it looked roughly 143 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 3224Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3258ALenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3275Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3281Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3354Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3358Lenticular7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3258ALenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3275Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3281Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3354Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3358Lenticular7.1 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).