NGC 3287
NGC 3287
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3287 as it looked roughly 61 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 3301Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 3226Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3177Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3437Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3213Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3226Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3177Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3437Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3213Barred spiral5.0 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).