NGC 3654
NGC 3654
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3654 as it looked roughly 73 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 3682Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3879Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3266Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4081Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3259Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4331Irregular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3879Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3266Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4081Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3259Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4331Irregular10 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).