NGC 3471
NGC 3471
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3471 as it looked roughly 98 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 3589Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3445Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3613Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3225Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3182Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3445Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3613Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3225Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3182Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular11 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).