NGC 3514
NGC 3514
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
160 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 160 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3514 as it looked roughly 160 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 3544Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3497Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3529Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3597Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3565Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3497Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3529Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3597Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3565Elliptical17 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).