NGC 3608
NGC 3608
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3608 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 3684Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3686Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3681Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3522Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3501Spiral4.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3686Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3681Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3522Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3501Spiral4.1 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).