NGC 3557
NGC 3557
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
179k ly
across
10.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3557 as it looked roughly 142 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 3533Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3557BElliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3606Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3706Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3358Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3354Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3557BElliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3606Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3706Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3358Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3354Spiral14 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).