NGC 3731
NGC 3731
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
149 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 149 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3731 as it looked roughly 149 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 2870Irregular3.9 million ly
apartIC 2822Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3872Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 735Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2822Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3872Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 735Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral10 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).