NGC 3689
NGC 3689
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
128 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 128 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3689 as it looked roughly 128 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 3701Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3786Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3687Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3788Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4162Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3935Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3786Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3687Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3788Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4162Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3935Spiral25 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).