NGC 3529
NGC 3529
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3529 as it looked roughly 175 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 3565Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3497Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3544Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3464Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3508Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3497Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3544Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3464Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3508Barred spiral13 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).