NGC 3559
NGC 3559
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
151 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 151 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3559 as it looked roughly 151 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 2822Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2870Irregular12 million ly
apartIC 2684Irregular14 million ly
apartNGC 3419ABarred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3731Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3419Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2870Irregular12 million ly
apartIC 2684Irregular14 million ly
apartNGC 3419ABarred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3731Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3419Lenticular16 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).