NGC 3522
NGC 3522
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
58 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 58 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3522 as it looked roughly 58 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 3608Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3592Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3437Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3659Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3457Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3501Spiral5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3592Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3437Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3659Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3457Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3501Spiral5.7 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).