NGC 3504
NGC 3504
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3504 as it looked roughly 71 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 3414Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3629Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3380Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3400Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3424Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3512Spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3629Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3380Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3400Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3424Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3512Spiral7.5 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).