NGC 3656
NGC 3656
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3656 as it looked roughly 134 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 3549Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 705Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3398Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3488Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3690BBarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4149Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 705Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3398Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3488Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3690BBarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4149Spiral21 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).