NGC 3266
NGC 3266
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3266 as it looked roughly 76 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 3259Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3543Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3682Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3654Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2814Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2880Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3543Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3682Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3654Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2814Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2880Elliptical11 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).