NGC 3404
NGC 3404
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3404 as it looked roughly 216 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 647Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3469Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 665Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3422Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3479Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3421Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3469Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 665Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3422Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3479Barred spiral14 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).