NGC 3416
NGC 3416
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
155 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 155 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3416 as it looked roughly 155 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 3415Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3811Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 705Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 3549Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 3398Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 3656Spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3811Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 705Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 3549Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 3398Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 3656Spiral35 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).