NGC 3612
NGC 3612
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
389 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 389 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3612 as it looked roughly 389 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 3609Spiral11 million ly
apartthe GuitarLenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3554Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2759Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 3653Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 3515Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartthe GuitarLenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3554Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2759Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 3653Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 3515Barred spiral33 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).