NGC 3350
NGC 3350
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
483 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 483 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3350 as it looked roughly 483 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 3527Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED02Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 3552Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 3536Spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 3539Lenticular57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3550 NED02Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 3552Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 3536Spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 3539Lenticular57 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).