NGC 3577
NGC 3577
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3577 as it looked roughly 249 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 3829Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3824Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3759Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 3737Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2943Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3824Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3759Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 3737Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2943Spiral41 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).