NGC 3455
NGC 3455
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3455 as it looked roughly 52 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 3454Barred spiral800,000 ly
apartNGC 3443Spiral820,000 ly
apartNGC 3457Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 3447BIrregular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3501Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3447ASpiral2.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3443Spiral820,000 ly
apartNGC 3457Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 3447BIrregular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3501Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3447ASpiral2.5 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).