NGC 3563B
NGC 3563B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
468 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 468 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3563B as it looked roughly 468 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 3574Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3552Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3527Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3570Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3539Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED02Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3552Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3527Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3570Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3539Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED02Lenticular24 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).