NGC 3772
NGC 3772
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3772 as it looked roughly 166 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 3798Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3812Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3814Galaxy6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3815Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3920Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3902Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3812Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3814Galaxy6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3815Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3920Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3902Spiral13 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).