NGC 3717
NGC 3717
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3717 as it looked roughly 81 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 2913Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartIC 2764Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3923Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3904Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 3005Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3673Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2764Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3923Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3904Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 3005Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3673Barred spiral12 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).