NGC 3426
NGC 3426
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
285 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 285 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3426 as it looked roughly 285 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 642Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3405 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED02Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED01Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 639Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3405 NED01Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3405 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED02Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED01Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 639Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3405 NED01Elliptical22 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).