NGC 3453
NGC 3453
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3453 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 3450Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3464Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3463Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3393Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3565Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3464Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3463Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3393Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3565Elliptical15 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).