NGC 3659
NGC 3659
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3659 as it looked roughly 60 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 3681Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3592Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3608Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3522Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3684Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3592Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3608Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3522Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3684Barred spiral5.7 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).