NGC 3630
NGC 3630
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3630 as it looked roughly 69 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 3604Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3664Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3664ASpiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3640Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3664Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3664ASpiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3640Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular8.3 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).