NGC 3530
NGC 3530
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3530 as it looked roughly 91 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 3625Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3613Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3669Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3458Lenticular5.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3440Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3613Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3669Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3458Lenticular5.6 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).