NGC 3664A
NGC 3664A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
11k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3664A as it looked roughly 62 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 3640Elliptical960,000 ly
apartNGC 3664Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3630Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3524Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3664Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3630Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3526Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 676Lenticular8.3 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).