NGC 3364
NGC 3364
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3364 as it looked roughly 126 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 3516Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3348Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3147Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3735Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3155Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3061Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3348Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3147Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3735Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3155Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3061Spiral16 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).