NGC 3437
NGC 3437
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3437 as it looked roughly 59 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 3522Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3287Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3418Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3301Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3451Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3370Spiral6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3287Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3418Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3301Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3451Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3370Spiral6.1 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).