NGC 3685
NGC 3685
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
401 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 401 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3685 as it looked roughly 401 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 3601Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 2871Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 669Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 670Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 2741Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 2742Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2871Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 669Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 670Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 2741Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 2742Spiral45 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).