NGC 3637
NGC 3637
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
84 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 84 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3637 as it looked roughly 84 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 3636Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3672Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 688Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3732Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3672Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 688Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3732Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular9.9 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).