NGC 3580
NGC 3580
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3580 as it looked roughly 314 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 3535Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3644Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3567Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 3716Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 2757Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3644Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3567Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 3716Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 2757Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular34 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).