NGC 3462
NGC 3462
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
303 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 303 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3462 as it looked roughly 303 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 3441Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3436Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3425Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3438Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3436Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3425Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3438Elliptical16 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).