NGC 3677
NGC 3677
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
348 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 348 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3677 as it looked roughly 348 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 3614ASpiral13 million ly
apartIC 674Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 731Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3406 NED01Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 3406 NED02Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 3478Barred spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 674Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 731Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3406 NED01Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 3406 NED02Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 3478Barred spiral47 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).