NGC 3668
NGC 3668
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
160 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 160 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3668 as it looked roughly 160 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 3762Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3725Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3809Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3394Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3835AElliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3725Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3809Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3394Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3835AElliptical13 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).