NGC 3375
NGC 3375
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
113 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 113 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3375 as it looked roughly 113 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 3321Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3481Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3292Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 630Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3361Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3715Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3481Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3292Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 630Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3361Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3715Barred spiral25 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).