NGC 3743
NGC 3743
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
510 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 510 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3743 as it looked roughly 510 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 3765Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 3828Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 3739Barred spiral68 million ly
apartNGC 3563ALenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 4021Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 3745Elliptical69 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3828Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 3739Barred spiral68 million ly
apartNGC 3563ALenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 4021Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 3745Elliptical69 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).