NGC 3501
NGC 3501
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3501 as it looked roughly 53 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 3455Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3457Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3443Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3454Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3447BIrregular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3447ASpiral3.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3457Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3443Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3454Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3447BIrregular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3447ASpiral3.8 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).