NGC 3681
NGC 3681
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
58 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 58 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3681 as it looked roughly 58 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 3659Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3608Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3684Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3592Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3686Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral4.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3608Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3684Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3592Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3686Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral4.1 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).