NGC 3263
NGC 3263
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
323k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3263 as it looked roughly 142 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 3366Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3262Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3256ABarred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3278Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3283Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3262Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3256ABarred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3278Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3283Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral11 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).