NGC 3428
NGC 3428
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
372 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 372 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3428 as it looked roughly 372 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 3349Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3362Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3385Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 3337Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 3341Galaxy33 million ly
apartIC 634Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3362Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3385Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 3337Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 3341Galaxy33 million ly
apartIC 634Spiral34 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).