NGC 3508
NGC 3508
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3508 as it looked roughly 182 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 3529Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3565Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3497Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3544Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3459Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2623Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3565Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3497Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3544Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3459Barred spiral18 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).