NGC 3547
NGC 3547
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3547 as it looked roughly 74 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 2781Irregular4.9 million ly
apartIC 2763Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3692Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3604Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2763Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3692Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3604Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral9.2 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).