NGC 3552
NGC 3552
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
463 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 463 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3552 as it looked roughly 463 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 3527Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3539Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3574Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3563BLenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3553Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3558Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3539Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3574Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3563BLenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3553Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3558Elliptical15 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).