NGC 3629
NGC 3629
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3629 as it looked roughly 70 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 3712Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3504Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3512Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3414Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartIC 700 NED03Irregular8.9 million ly
apartIC 700 NED01Irregular9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3504Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3512Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3414Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartIC 700 NED03Irregular8.9 million ly
apartIC 700 NED01Irregular9.1 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).