NGC 3483
NGC 3483
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3483 as it looked roughly 166 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 3383Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3308Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3393Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3369Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3597Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3285ASpiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3308Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3393Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3369Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3597Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3285ASpiral17 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).