NGC 3739
NGC 3739
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3739 as it looked roughly 448 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 710Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3745Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3751Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3765Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 3826Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3785Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3745Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3751Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3765Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 3826Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 3785Lenticular30 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).