NGC 3415
NGC 3415
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
152 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 152 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3415 as it looked roughly 152 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 3416Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3811Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 705Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 3549Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3398Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3656Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3811Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 705Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 3549Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3398Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3656Spiral33 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).