NGC 3283
NGC 3283
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3283 as it looked roughly 132 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 3262Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3256ABarred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3256BBarred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3366Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3256Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3256ABarred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3256BBarred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3366Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred 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).