NGC 3281A
NGC 3281A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
107 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 107 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3281A as it looked roughly 107 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 3281BElliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3258BLenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3260Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 2587Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3258DBarred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3273Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3258BLenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3260Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 2587Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3258DBarred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3273Lenticular10 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).