NGC 3469
NGC 3469
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3469 as it looked roughly 216 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
IC 665Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3479Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 647Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3404Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3546Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3479Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 647Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3404Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3546Elliptical14 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).