NGC 3509
NGC 3509
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
357 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
201k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 357 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3509 as it looked roughly 357 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 3601Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3385Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 3535Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 3644Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 3428Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 636Barred spiral40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3385Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 3535Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 3644Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 3428Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 636Barred spiral40 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).