NGC 3306
NGC 3306
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3306 as it looked roughly 139 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 3300Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3367Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3391Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3419Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3419ABarred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3230Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3367Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3391Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3419Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3419ABarred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3230Lenticular11 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).