NGC 3614
NGC 3614
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3614 as it looked roughly 108 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 3595Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3320Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3583Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3648Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3658Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3665Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3320Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3583Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3648Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3658Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3665Lenticular20 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).