NGC 3431
NGC 3431
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
258 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 258 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3431 as it looked roughly 258 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 3420Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3591Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 679Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 3409Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3402Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 681Spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3591Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 679Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 3409Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3402Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 681Spiral37 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).