NGC 3775
NGC 3775
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
312 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 312 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3775 as it looked roughly 312 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 3722Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 721Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3702Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 721Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3702Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3688Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral17 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).