NGC 3495
NGC 3495
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3495 as it looked roughly 52 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 3423Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 692Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 2828Irregular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3666Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3705Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 2767Spiral9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 692Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 2828Irregular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3666Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3705Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 2767Spiral9.9 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).