NGC 3763
NGC 3763
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
274 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 274 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3763 as it looked roughly 274 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 3771Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3858Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3854Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3724Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3730Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3676Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3858Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3854Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3724Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3730Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3676Elliptical15 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).