NGC 3500
NGC 3500
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
345 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 345 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3500 as it looked roughly 345 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 3465Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3523Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3562Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 3890Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3197Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3523Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3562Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 3890Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3197Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical43 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).