NGC 3546
NGC 3546
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3546 as it looked roughly 208 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 665Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3479Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3469Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3422Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 647Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3479Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3469Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3422Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 647Lenticular18 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).