NGC 3662
NGC 3662
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3662 as it looked roughly 262 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
IC 716Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3719Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3720Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3907Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 653Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 3849Lenticular38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3719Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3720Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3907Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 653Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 3849Lenticular38 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).