NGC 3356
NGC 3356
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
287 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 287 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3356 as it looked roughly 287 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 3439Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3376Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3332Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3427Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3376Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3332Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral21 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).