NGC 3670
NGC 3670
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
330 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 330 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3670 as it looked roughly 330 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 3728Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3618Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3744Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3761Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3615Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 3651 NED01Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3618Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3744Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3761Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3615Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 3651 NED01Elliptical22 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).