NGC 3445
NGC 3445
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABm
96 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 96 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3445 as it looked roughly 96 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 3613Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3530Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3225Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3471Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3530Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3225Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3471Barred spiral8.1 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).