NGC 3610
NGC 3610
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3610 as it looked roughly 82 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 3683Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3669Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3458Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3543Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3625Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3642Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3669Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3458Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3543Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3625Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3642Barred spiral8.6 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).