NGC 3734
NGC 3734
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
424 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 424 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3734 as it looked roughly 424 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 3537 NED01Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 702Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 3679Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 654Lenticular80 million ly
apartNGC 3452Spiral81 million ly
apartIC 650Spiral88 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 702Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 3679Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 654Lenticular80 million ly
apartNGC 3452Spiral81 million ly
apartIC 650Spiral88 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).