NGC 3289
NGC 3289
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3289 as it looked roughly 129 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 3281CLenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 3268Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3258Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3347Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3347ABarred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3347CSpiral5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3268Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3258Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3347Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3347ABarred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3347CSpiral5.9 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).