NGC 3740
NGC 3740
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
154 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 154 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3740 as it looked roughly 154 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 3770Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3725Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3894Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3895Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3809Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3958Spiral7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3725Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3894Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3895Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3809Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3958Spiral7.7 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).