NGC 3594
NGC 3594
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
463 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
168k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 463 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3594 as it looked roughly 463 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 3846Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3408Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED02Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED01Barred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 3978Spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 3975Spiral58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3408Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED02Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED01Barred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 3978Spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 3975Spiral58 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).