NGC 3459
NGC 3459
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3459 as it looked roughly 198 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 3456Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3479Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3422Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3508Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3450Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3479Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3422Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3508Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3450Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral19 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).