NGC 3712
NGC 3712
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3712 as it looked roughly 74 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 3629Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3504Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3755Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3900Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3899Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 700 NED04Irregular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3504Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3755Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3900Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3899Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 700 NED04Irregular11 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).