NGC 3347C
NGC 3347C
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
124 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 124 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3347C as it looked roughly 124 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 spiral460,000 ly
apartNGC 3347Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3281DBarred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3258CSpiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3289Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 2584Lenticular7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3347Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3281DBarred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3258CSpiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3289Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 2584Lenticular7.5 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).