NGC 3485
NGC 3485
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3485 as it looked roughly 67 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 3524Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3655Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3626Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3389Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3338Spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3655Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3626Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3389Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3338Spiral8.2 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).