NGC 3718
NGC 3718
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
46 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
10.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 46 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3718 as it looked roughly 46 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 3729Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 3953Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3992Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3998Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4100Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3310Spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3953Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3992Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3998Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4100Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3310Spiral6.6 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).