NGC 3672
NGC 3672
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3672 as it looked roughly 87 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 3637Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3636Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3732Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartIC 688Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3636Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3732Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartIC 688Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral10 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).