NGC 3516
NGC 3516
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3516 as it looked roughly 123 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 3364Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3735Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3348Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3147Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3061Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4108BSpiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3735Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3348Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3147Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3061Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4108BSpiral16 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).