NGC 3710
NGC 3710
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
301 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 301 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3710 as it looked roughly 301 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 707Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3697Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3805Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3615Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 701Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3618Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3697Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3805Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3615Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 701Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3618Spiral22 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).