NGC 3383
NGC 3383
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3383 as it looked roughly 166 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 3331Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3335Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3393Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3369Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2594Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3335Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3393Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3369Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2594Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3313Spiral11 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).