NGC 3457
NGC 3457
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
15k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3457 as it looked roughly 54 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 3443Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 3455Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 3501Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3454Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3447BIrregular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3447ASpiral4.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3455Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 3501Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3454Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3447BIrregular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3447ASpiral4.2 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).