NGC 3517
NGC 3517
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
384 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 384 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3517 as it looked roughly 384 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 3288Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 3410Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 3214Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 3188Spiral46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3284Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 3410Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 3214Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 3188Spiral46 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).