NGC 3640
NGC 3640
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
10.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3640 as it looked roughly 61 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 3664ASpiral960,000 ly
apartNGC 3664Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3630Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3524Lenticular9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3664Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3630Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3524Lenticular9.7 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).