NGC 3466
NGC 3466
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
461 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 461 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3466 as it looked roughly 461 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 664Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3476Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3477Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3467Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3444Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 658Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3476Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3477Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3467Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3444Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 658Elliptical27 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).