NGC 3563A
NGC 3563A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
501 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 501 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3563A as it looked roughly 501 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 3570Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3536Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED02Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2626Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3574Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3536Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED02Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2626Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3574Elliptical28 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).