NGC 3604
NGC 3604
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3604 as it looked roughly 74 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 3630Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3641Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3643Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3547Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3692Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3641Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3643Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3547Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3692Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral9.1 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).