NGC 3733
NGC 3733
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3733 as it looked roughly 55 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 3850Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3898Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3657Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3631Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3795Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3795ASpiral3.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3898Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3657Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3631Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3795Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3795ASpiral3.8 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).