NGC 3527
NGC 3527
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
464 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 464 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3527 as it looked roughly 464 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 3552Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3539Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3563BLenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3574Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3553Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3558Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3539Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3563BLenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3574Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3553Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3558Elliptical17 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).