NGC 3352
NGC 3352
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
268 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 268 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3352 as it looked roughly 268 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 3363Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 2598Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 642Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 3426Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3222Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 3327Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2598Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 642Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 3426Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3222Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 3327Barred spiral28 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).