NGC 3337
NGC 3337
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
375 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 375 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3337 as it looked roughly 375 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
IC 636Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3326Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3341Galaxy6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3349Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3362Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3385Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3326Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3341Galaxy6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3349Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3362Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3385Lenticular17 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).