NGC 3294
NGC 3294
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3294 as it looked roughly 73 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 3381Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3430Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3396Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3395Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3424Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2604Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3430Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3396Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3395Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3424Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2604Barred spiral7.5 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).