NGC 3497
NGC 3497
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
172 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 172 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3497 as it looked roughly 172 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 3529Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3565Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3544Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3464Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3514Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3565Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3544Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3464Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3514Spiral12 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).