NGC 3721
NGC 3721
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3721 as it looked roughly 294 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 3723Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3724Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3774Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3771Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3724Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3774Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3771Elliptical17 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).