NGC 3696
NGC 3696
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3696 as it looked roughly 252 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 3707Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3704Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 681Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3730Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3667Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3789Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3704Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 681Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3730Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3667Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3789Lenticular14 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).