NGC 3641
NGC 3641
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3641 as it looked roughly 81 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 3643Lenticular420,000 ly
apartNGC 3604Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3692Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 719Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3630Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3547Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3604Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3692Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 719Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3630Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3547Barred spiral13 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).