NGC 3297
NGC 3297
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
429 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 429 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3297 as it looked roughly 429 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 3280BLenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3296Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3280CElliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3280AElliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 3360Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 3139Lenticular43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3296Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3280CElliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3280AElliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 3360Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 3139Lenticular43 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).