NGC 3475
NGC 3475
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3475 as it looked roughly 298 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 3534Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3327Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3615Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 3618Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3270Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3327Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3615Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 2590Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 3618Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3270Spiral32 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).