NGC 3488
NGC 3488
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
140 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 140 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3488 as it looked roughly 140 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 3398Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3690BBarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3549Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3656Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3770Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3102Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3690BBarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3549Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3656Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3770Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3102Elliptical19 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).