NGC 3403
NGC 3403
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3403 as it looked roughly 59 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 2985Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3252Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4133Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3622Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4319Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3252Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4133Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3622Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4319Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral8.6 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).