NGC 3615
NGC 3615
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
312 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 312 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3615 as it looked roughly 312 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 3618Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3710Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 3670Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3534Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 707Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3728Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3710Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 3670Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3534Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 707Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3728Barred spiral23 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).