NGC 3262
NGC 3262
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3262 as it looked roughly 134 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 3256ABarred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3366Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3283Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3256BBarred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3256Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3366Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3283Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3256BBarred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred spiral7.4 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).