NGC 3692
NGC 3692
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3692 as it looked roughly 79 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
IC 719Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 2763Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3547Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 2781Irregular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3604Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3641Elliptical9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2763Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3547Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 2781Irregular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3604Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3641Elliptical9.3 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).