NGC 3673
NGC 3673
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3673 as it looked roughly 91 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 3885Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2627Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3617Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3717Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2764Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3936Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2627Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3617Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3717Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2764Lenticular13 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).