NGC 3470
NGC 3470
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3470 as it looked roughly 304 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 3238Lenticular46 million ly
apartIC 2943Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 3737Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 3921Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 3406 NED02Lenticular53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2943Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 3737Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 3921Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 3406 NED02Lenticular53 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).