NGC 3562
NGC 3562
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
315 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 315 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3562 as it looked roughly 315 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 3890Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3523Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3343Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 3465Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3144Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3961Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3523Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3343Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 3465Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3144Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3961Barred spiral27 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).