NGC 3703
NGC 3703
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
534 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 534 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3703 as it looked roughly 534 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 715NWGalaxy23 million ly
apartIC 693Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 3776Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 680Barred spiral85 million ly
apartIC 697Lenticular90 million ly
apartIC 671Barred spiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 693Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 3776Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 680Barred spiral85 million ly
apartIC 697Lenticular90 million ly
apartIC 671Barred spiral100 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).