NGC 37
NGC 37
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
456 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 456 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 37 as it looked roughly 456 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 28Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 31Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 25Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 7652Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical73 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 31Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 25Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 7652Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical73 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).