NGC 3347
NGC 3347
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3347 as it looked roughly 127 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 3347ABarred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3347CSpiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3289Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3281CLenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3281DBarred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3268Elliptical7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3347CSpiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3289Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3281CLenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3281DBarred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3268Elliptical7.6 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).