NGC 3745
NGC 3745
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
441 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 441 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3745 as it looked roughly 441 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 3751Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3748Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3750Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3746Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3754Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3739Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3748Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3750Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3746Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3754Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3739Barred spiral25 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).