NGC 3316
NGC 3316
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3316 as it looked roughly 185 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 3305Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3336Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3311Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3309Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3307Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3315Elliptical8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3336Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3311Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3309Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3307Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3315Elliptical8.3 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).