NGC 3304
NGC 3304
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
324 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 324 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3304 as it looked roughly 324 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 3334Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 2591Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3158Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2591Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3158Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular28 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).