NGC 3729
NGC 3729
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3729 as it looked roughly 47 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 3718Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 3953Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3992Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3998Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3982Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4100Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3953Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3992Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3998Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3982Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4100Barred spiral5.8 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).