NGC 3669
NGC 3669
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3669 as it looked roughly 87 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 3625Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3610Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3530Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3458Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3683Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3610Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3530Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3458Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3683Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral7.2 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).