NGC 3757
NGC 3757
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3757 as it looked roughly 59 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 3796Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3838Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3945Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 691Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3756Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3795Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3838Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3945Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 691Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3756Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3795Barred spiral4.6 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).