NGC 3482
NGC 3482
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3482 as it looked roughly 136 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 3283Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3366Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3262Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3263Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3366Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3262Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3263Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3256Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred spiral15 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).