NGC 3663
NGC 3663
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
237 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 237 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3663 as it looked roughly 237 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 3693Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3667ABarred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 706Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3704Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3667Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3667ABarred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 706Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3704Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3667Spiral14 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).