NGC 3312
NGC 3312
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3312 as it looked roughly 132 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 3314ABarred spiral2.1 million ly
apartIC 2597Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3285BBarred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3390Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3241Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3208Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2597Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3285BBarred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3390Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3241Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3208Spiral13 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).