NGC 3535
NGC 3535
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3535 as it looked roughly 323 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 3580Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3644Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3567Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3436Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3644Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3567Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3436Spiral34 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).