NGC 3631
NGC 3631
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
10.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3631 as it looked roughly 54 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 3657Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3733Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3850Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3898Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3795ASpiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3982Spiral5.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3733Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3850Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3898Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3795ASpiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3982Spiral5.4 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).