NGC 3506
NGC 3506
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3506 as it looked roughly 298 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 3491Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3438Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3439Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3438Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3439Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3462Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral22 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).