NGC 3430
NGC 3430
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3430 as it looked roughly 74 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 3396Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 3395Spiral2.2 million ly
apartIC 2604Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3381Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3424Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 2608Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3395Spiral2.2 million ly
apartIC 2604Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3381Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3424Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 2608Barred spiral4.2 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).