NGC 3649
NGC 3649
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3649 as it looked roughly 196 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 3646Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3650Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2779Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2762Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3983Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 3999Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3650Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2779Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2762Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3983Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 3999Elliptical32 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).