NGC 3526
NGC 3526
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3526 as it looked roughly 66 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
IC 676Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3524Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3664Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3630Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3640Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3664ASpiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3524Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3664Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3630Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3640Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3664ASpiral7.9 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).