NGC 3690B
NGC 3690B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
145 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 145 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3690B as it looked roughly 145 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 3770Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3895Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3894Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3963Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3488Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3895Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3894Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3963Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3488Spiral11 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).