NGC 3694
NGC 3694
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
103 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 103 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3694 as it looked roughly 103 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 3658Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3652Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3648Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3665Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3687Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2957Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3652Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3648Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3665Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3687Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2957Lenticular20 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).