NGC 3355
NGC 3355
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABm
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3355 as it looked roughly 56 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 3513Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3511Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3137Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3125Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3113Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3511Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3137Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3125Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3113Spiral10 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).