NGC 3736
NGC 3736
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
595 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
199k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 595 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3736 as it looked roughly 595 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 5547Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 2600Galaxy120 million ly
apartIC 2601Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 5340Elliptical130 million ly
apartNGC 5640Galaxy140 million ly
apartNGC 3212Barred spiral150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2600Galaxy120 million ly
apartIC 2601Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 5340Elliptical130 million ly
apartNGC 5640Galaxy140 million ly
apartNGC 3212Barred spiral150 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).