NGC 3687
NGC 3687
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3687 as it looked roughly 114 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 3788Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3786Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3694Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3689Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3701Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4275Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3786Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3694Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3689Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3701Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4275Spiral23 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).