NGC 3715
NGC 3715
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
101 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 101 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3715 as it looked roughly 101 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 3672Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3962Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3637Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 2627Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3636Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3962Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3637Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 2627Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3636Elliptical21 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).