NGC 3724
NGC 3724
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3724 as it looked roughly 288 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 3721Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3774Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3723Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3771Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3763Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3774Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3723Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3771Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 2910Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3763Spiral14 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).