NGC 3589
NGC 3589
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3589 as it looked roughly 92 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 3625Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3613Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3530Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3669Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3613Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3530Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3669Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral7.5 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).