NGC 3601
NGC 3601
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3601 as it looked roughly 374 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 3509Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2871Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3685Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 670Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 669Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 2742Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2871Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3685Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 670Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 669Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 2742Spiral41 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).