NGC 3676
NGC 3676
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
268 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 268 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3676 as it looked roughly 268 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 3763Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3730Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3696Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 681Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3789Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3791Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3730Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3696Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 681Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3789Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3791Lenticular20 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).