NGC 3682
NGC 3682
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3682 as it looked roughly 72 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 3654Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4081Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3879Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4205Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3266Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4036Lenticular8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4081Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3879Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4205Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3266Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4036Lenticular8.9 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).