NGC 3539
NGC 3539
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
451 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 451 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3539 as it looked roughly 451 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 3553Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3558Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3552Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3527Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3563BLenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3574Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3558Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3552Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3527Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3563BLenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3574Elliptical25 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).