NGC 3561
NGC 3561
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
402 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
200k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 402 million ly from home, you are seeing the Guitar as it looked roughly 402 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 3554Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3515Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3612Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3493Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3609Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3653Lenticular38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3515Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3612Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3493Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3609Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3653Lenticular38 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).