NGC 3270
NGC 3270
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
291 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
198k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 291 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3270 as it looked roughly 291 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
IC 2583Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3327Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3209Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3232Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2572Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3327Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3209Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3232Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2572Spiral19 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).