NGC 3491
NGC 3491
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3491 as it looked roughly 296 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 3506Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3438Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3439Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3436Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3438Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3439Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3436Spiral25 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).