NGC 3389
NGC 3389
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3389 as it looked roughly 60 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 3338Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3346Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3370Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3524Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3279Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3485Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3346Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3370Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3524Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3279Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3485Barred spiral7.8 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).