NGC 3730
NGC 3730
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3730 as it looked roughly 259 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 3789Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3791Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3696Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3854Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3763Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3791Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3696Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3854Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3763Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical15 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).