NGC 3658
NGC 3658
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
95 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 95 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3658 as it looked roughly 95 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 3648Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3665Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3652Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3694Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3583Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2957Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3665Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3652Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3694Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3583Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2957Lenticular17 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).