NGC 3664
NGC 3664
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3664 as it looked roughly 64 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 3664ASpiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3640Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3630Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3524Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3640Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3630Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3524Lenticular10 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).