NGC 3592
NGC 3592
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3592 as it looked roughly 60 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 3659Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3681Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3522Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3608Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3684Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3681Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3522Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3608Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3684Barred spiral6.8 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).