NGC 3399
NGC 3399
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3399 as it looked roughly 317 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 3405 NED01Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 635Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 639Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 643Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3405 NED02Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED01Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 635Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 639Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 643Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3405 NED02Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED01Barred spiral33 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).