NGC 3523
NGC 3523
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
331 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 331 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3523 as it looked roughly 331 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 3465Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3500Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3562Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 3890Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3144Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3500Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3562Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 3890Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3144Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical35 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).