NGC 3400
NGC 3400
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3400 as it looked roughly 66 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 3414Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3512Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3451Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3277Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3265Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3254Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3512Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3451Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3277Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3265Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3254Barred spiral5.9 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).