NGC 3260
NGC 3260
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3260 as it looked roughly 114 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 3281BElliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 3258DBarred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3273Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartIC 2584Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 2556Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3281ALenticular7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3258DBarred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3273Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartIC 2584Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 2556Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3281ALenticular7.5 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).