NGC 3348
NGC 3348
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3348 as it looked roughly 132 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 3147Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3364Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3155Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3516Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3735Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3183Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3364Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3155Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3516Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3735Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3183Barred spiral13 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).