NGC 3271
NGC 3271
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3271 as it looked roughly 175 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 3269Lenticular950,000 ly
apartNGC 3267Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartIC 2578Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3302Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3249Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2588Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3267Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartIC 2578Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3302Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3249Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2588Spiral19 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).