NGC 3750
NGC 3750
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
423 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 423 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3750 as it looked roughly 423 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 3746Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3748Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3754Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3758Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3751Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3753Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3748Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3754Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3758Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3751Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3753Barred spiral17 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).