NGC 3421
NGC 3421
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3421 as it looked roughly 208 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
IC 647Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3422Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3404Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 665Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3469Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3479Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3422Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3404Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 665Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3469Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3479Barred spiral12 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).