NGC 3450
NGC 3450
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3450 as it looked roughly 185 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 3453Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3464Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3335Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3393Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3369Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3464Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3335Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3393Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3369Elliptical17 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).