NGC 3458
NGC 3458
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3458 as it looked roughly 86 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 3440Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3530Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3610Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3669Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3625Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3683Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3530Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3610Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3669Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3625Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3683Barred spiral8.1 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).