NGC 3609
NGC 3609
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
377 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 377 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3609 as it looked roughly 377 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 3612Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2759Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 3651 NED02Lenticular27 million ly
apartthe GuitarLenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 3651 NED01Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 3554Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2759Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 3651 NED02Lenticular27 million ly
apartthe GuitarLenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 3651 NED01Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 3554Elliptical33 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).