NGC 3420
NGC 3420
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3420 as it looked roughly 281 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 3409Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3431Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3591Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 3541Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 679Elliptical45 million ly
apartIC 681Spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3431Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3591Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 3541Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 679Elliptical45 million ly
apartIC 681Spiral49 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).