NGC 3597
NGC 3597
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3597 as it looked roughly 164 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 3497Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3514Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3544Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3529Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3565Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3483Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3514Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3544Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3529Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3565Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3483Lenticular17 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).