NGC 3444
NGC 3444
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
437 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
173k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 437 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3444 as it looked roughly 437 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 3467Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3466Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3357Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 664Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 3476Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 3477Lenticular45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3466Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3357Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 664Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 3476Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 3477Lenticular45 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).