NGC 3465
NGC 3465
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3465 as it looked roughly 336 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 3523Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3500Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3562Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 3890Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3144Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3500Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3562Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 3890Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3144Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical37 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).