NGC 3439
NGC 3439
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3439 as it looked roughly 288 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 3427Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3356Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3436Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3356Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3436Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral17 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).