NGC 3395
NGC 3395
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3395 as it looked roughly 76 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
IC 2604Barred spiral300,000 ly
apartNGC 3396Spiral700,000 ly
apartIC 2608Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3430Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3381Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3442Spiral4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3396Spiral700,000 ly
apartIC 2608Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3430Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3381Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3442Spiral4.9 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).