NGC 3665
NGC 3665
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3665 as it looked roughly 93 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 3652Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3658Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3648Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3694Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2957Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3583Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3658Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3648Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3694Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2957Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3583Barred spiral16 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).