NGC 3441
NGC 3441
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3441 as it looked roughly 304 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 3462Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3436Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3425Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3439Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3436Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3425Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3439Barred spiral17 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).