NGC 3686
NGC 3686
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3686 as it looked roughly 54 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 3684Barred spiral420,000 ly
apartNGC 3608Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3691Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3681Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 2934Spiral4.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3608Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3691Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3681Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 2934Spiral4.5 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).