NGC 3292
NGC 3292
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
105 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 105 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3292 as it looked roughly 105 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
IC 630Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3375Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3321Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3481Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3361Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3246Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3375Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3321Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3481Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3361Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3246Spiral19 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).