NGC 3354
NGC 3354
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
140 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 140 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3354 as it looked roughly 140 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 3358Lenticular390,000 ly
apartNGC 3258EBarred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3258ALenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3347BBarred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3275Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3278Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3258EBarred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3258ALenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3347BBarred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3275Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3278Spiral10 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).