NGC 3606
NGC 3606
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
140 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 140 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3606 as it looked roughly 140 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 3706Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3557Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3557BElliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3533Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3783Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3742Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3557Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3557BElliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3533Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3783Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3742Spiral16 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).