NGC 3728
NGC 3728
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3728 as it looked roughly 323 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 3761Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3744Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3670Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3784Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3808ASpiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3832Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3744Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3670Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3784Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3808ASpiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3832Spiral16 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).