NGC 3595
NGC 3595
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3595 as it looked roughly 104 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 3614Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3583Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3320Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3648Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3658Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3665Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3583Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3320Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3648Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3658Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3665Lenticular19 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).