NGC 3515
NGC 3515
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
411 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 411 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3515 as it looked roughly 411 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 3493Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3554Elliptical12 million ly
apartthe GuitarLenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3612Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3558Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 3553Barred spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3554Elliptical12 million ly
apartthe GuitarLenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3612Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3558Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 3553Barred spiral38 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).