NGC 3648
NGC 3648
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
96 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 96 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3648 as it looked roughly 96 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 3658Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3665Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3652Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3694Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3583Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3595Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3665Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3652Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3694Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3583Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3595Lenticular16 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).