NGC 3727
NGC 3727
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3727 as it looked roughly 215 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 3777Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3693Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 706Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 2668Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3546Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3663Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3693Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 706Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 2668Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3546Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3663Barred spiral24 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).