NGC 3327
NGC 3327
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3327 as it looked roughly 294 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 3270Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2583Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3475Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2598Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3209Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2583Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3475Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2598Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3209Elliptical24 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).