NGC 3464
NGC 3464
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
174 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 174 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3464 as it looked roughly 174 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
IC 2623Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3565Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3529Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3497Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3453Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3450Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3565Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3529Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3497Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3453Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3450Barred spiral12 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).