NGC 3359
NGC 3359
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3359 as it looked roughly 47 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 3310Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3027Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3206Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3795ASpiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3718Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3729Spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3027Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3206Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3795ASpiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3718Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3729Spiral9.7 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).