NGC 35
NGC 35
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 35 as it looked roughly 281 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 17Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 7828Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7829Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 18Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 23Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 62Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7828Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7829Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 18Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 23Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 62Barred spiral26 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).