NGC 3705
NGC 3705
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3705 as it looked roughly 47 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 2828Irregular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 3810Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3666Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 2782Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 2767Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3691Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3810Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3666Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 2782Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 2767Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3691Barred spiral7.1 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).