NGC 3410
NGC 3410
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
386 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 386 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3410 as it looked roughly 386 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 3406 NED01Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 3517Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 3214Lenticular54 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3517Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 3214Lenticular54 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral54 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).