NGC 3748
NGC 3748
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3748 as it looked roughly 425 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 3750Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3746Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3754Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3758Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3751Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3745Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3746Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3754Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3758Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3751Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3745Elliptical16 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).