NGC 3440
NGC 3440
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3440 as it looked roughly 89 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 3530Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3458Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3625Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3445Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3669Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3613Elliptical7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3458Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3625Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3445Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3669Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3613Elliptical7.2 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).