NGC 3737
NGC 3737
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3737 as it looked roughly 269 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 3759ABarred spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 2943Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3916Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3759Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3921Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3824Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2943Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3916Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3759Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3921Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3824Barred spiral13 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).