NGC 3406 NED01
NGC 3406 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3406 NED01 as it looked roughly 349 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 3406 NED02Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3410Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3614ASpiral42 million ly
apartNGC 3677Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 3238Lenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 3214Lenticular47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3410Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3614ASpiral42 million ly
apartNGC 3677Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 3238Lenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 3214Lenticular47 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).