NGC 3722
NGC 3722
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
302 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 302 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3722 as it looked roughly 302 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
IC 2910Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3721Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3723Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3775Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3721Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3723Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3775Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral14 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).