NGC 3448
NGC 3448
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3448 as it looked roughly 64 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 3499Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3756Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3846AIrregular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3657Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3838Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3757Lenticular9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3756Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3846AIrregular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3657Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3838Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3757Lenticular9.0 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).