NGC 3744
NGC 3744
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
332 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 332 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3744 as it looked roughly 332 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 3761Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3808BBarred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3808ASpiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3728Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3832Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3670Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3808BBarred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3808ASpiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3728Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3832Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3670Lenticular16 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).