NGC 3423
NGC 3423
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3423 as it looked roughly 47 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 3495Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2828Irregular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3705Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3666Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 2782Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 2767Spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2828Irregular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3705Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3666Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 2782Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 2767Spiral9.7 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).