NGC 3406 NED02
NGC 3406 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
329 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 329 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3406 NED02 as it looked roughly 329 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 NED01Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 3478Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 3614ASpiral42 million ly
apartNGC 3238Lenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 3677Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 3135Barred spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3478Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 3614ASpiral42 million ly
apartNGC 3238Lenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 3677Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 3135Barred spiral49 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).