NGC 3688
NGC 3688
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
312 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 312 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3688 as it looked roughly 312 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 3702Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 690Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3635Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2910Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 690Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3635Spiral16 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).