NGC 3385
NGC 3385
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3385 as it looked roughly 362 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
IC 636Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3337Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3341Galaxy22 million ly
apartNGC 3326Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3509Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3349Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3337Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3341Galaxy22 million ly
apartNGC 3326Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3509Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3349Barred spiral26 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).