NGC 3394
NGC 3394
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3394 as it looked roughly 159 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 3392Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3668Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3725Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3762Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3809Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3668Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3725Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3762Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3809Lenticular23 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).