NGC 3585
NGC 3585
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
9.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3585 as it looked roughly 66 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 3513Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3955Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3355Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2764Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3904Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3511Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3955Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3355Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2764Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3904Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3511Spiral14 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).