NGC 3573
NGC 3573
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3573 as it looked roughly 116 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 3564Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3568Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3347CSpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3347ABarred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3347Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3258DBarred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3568Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3347CSpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3347ABarred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3347Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3258DBarred spiral16 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).