NGC 3706
NGC 3706
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3706 as it looked roughly 139 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 3783Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3606Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3903Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3557Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3742Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3749Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3606Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3903Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3557Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3742Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3749Spiral11 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).