NGC 3363
NGC 3363
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3363 as it looked roughly 269 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 3352Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartIC 642Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2598Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3426Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 3327Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3222Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 642Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2598Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3426Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 3327Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3222Lenticular28 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).