NGC 3583
NGC 3583
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3583 as it looked roughly 93 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 3595Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3648Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3530Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3625Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3648Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3530Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3625Barred spiral15 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).