NGC 3310
NGC 3310
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3310 as it looked roughly 47 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 3718Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3729Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3079Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3206Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3359Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3631Spiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3729Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3079Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3206Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3359Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3631Spiral8.6 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).