NGC 3490
NGC 3490
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
497 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 497 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3490 as it looked roughly 497 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 663Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 658Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3477Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3476Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3492 NED01Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 664Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 658Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3477Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3476Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3492 NED01Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 664Elliptical26 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).