NGC 3362
NGC 3362
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
386 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 386 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3362 as it looked roughly 386 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 3349Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 634Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3341Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 3326Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3337Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 628Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 634Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3341Galaxy12 million ly
apartNGC 3326Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3337Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 628Spiral19 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).