NGC 3284
NGC 3284
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
380 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 380 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3284 as it looked roughly 380 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 3288Spiral820,000 ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3188Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3214Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3164Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3517Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3188Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3214Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3164Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3517Spiral30 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).