NGC 3451
NGC 3451
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3451 as it looked roughly 62 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 3512Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3418Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3400Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3414Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3437Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3277Spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3418Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3400Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3414Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3437Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3277Spiral6.6 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).