NGC 3323
NGC 3323
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3323 as it looked roughly 242 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 3251Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3204Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3352Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 3363Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2598Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2550Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3204Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3352Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 3363Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2598Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2550Spiral34 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).