NGC 3723
NGC 3723
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3723 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 3721Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3724Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3774Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3724Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3774Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral15 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).