NGC 3596
NGC 3596
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3596 as it looked roughly 55 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 3608Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3684Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3686Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3681Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 2934Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3501Spiral5.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3684Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3686Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3681Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 2934Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3501Spiral5.0 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).