NGC 3549
NGC 3549
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3549 as it looked roughly 133 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 3656Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3398Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 705Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3488Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3690BBarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3683ASpiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3398Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 705Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3488Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3690BBarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3683ASpiral22 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).