NGC 3565
NGC 3565
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3565 as it looked roughly 176 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 3529Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3497Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3544Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3464Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3508Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2623Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3497Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3544Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3464Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3508Barred spiral14 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).