NGC 3524
NGC 3524
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3524 as it looked roughly 63 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
IC 676Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3389Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3485Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3592Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3338Spiral7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3389Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3485Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3592Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3338Spiral7.2 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).