NGC 3544
NGC 3544
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
169 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 169 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3544 as it looked roughly 169 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 3497Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3529Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3565Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3514Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3464Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3529Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3565Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 2623Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3514Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3464Spiral15 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).