NGC 3259
NGC 3259
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3259 as it looked roughly 78 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 3266Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3543Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3682Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3654Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2814Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2880Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3543Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3682Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3654Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2814Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2880Elliptical12 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).