NGC 3435
NGC 3435
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3435 as it looked roughly 239 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 3407Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3759Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 4161Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3737Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 2943Spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3759Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 4161Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3737Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 2943Spiral49 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).