NGC 3555
NGC 3555
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
440 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 440 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3555 as it looked roughly 440 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 3551Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3653Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 3473Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 3474Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 3487Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3745Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3653Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 3473Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 3474Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 3487Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3745Elliptical50 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).