NGC 3358
NGC 3358
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3358 as it looked roughly 141 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 3354Spiral390,000 ly
apartNGC 3258EBarred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3347BBarred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3258ALenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3275Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3278Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3258EBarred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3347BBarred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3258ALenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3275Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3278Spiral11 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).