NGC 3307
NGC 3307
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3307 as it looked roughly 177 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 3315Elliptical1.3 million ly
apartNGC 3311Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 2586Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3285ASpiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3316Lenticular8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3311Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 2586Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3285ASpiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3316Lenticular8.3 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).