NGC 3702
NGC 3702
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3702 as it looked roughly 317 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 3688Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 690Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3775Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3635Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 690Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3775Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3635Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3722Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular17 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).