NGC 3558
NGC 3558
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3558 as it looked roughly 448 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 spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 3539Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3552Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3527Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3563BLenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3574Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3539Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3552Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3527Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3563BLenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3574Elliptical27 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).