NGC 3512
NGC 3512
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3512 as it looked roughly 64 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 3451Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3400Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3414Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3418Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3504Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3629Spiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3400Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3414Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3418Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3504Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3629Spiral7.9 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).