NGC 3409
NGC 3409
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
290 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 290 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3409 as it looked roughly 290 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 3420Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3431Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3541Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 3591Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 3661Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 679Elliptical51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3431Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3541Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 3591Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 3661Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 679Elliptical51 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).