NGC 3653
NGC 3653
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
414 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 414 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3653 as it looked roughly 414 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 3758Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3612Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3746Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3754Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3753Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3750Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3612Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3746Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3754Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3753Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3750Elliptical32 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).