NGC 3751
NGC 3751
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
438 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 438 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3751 as it looked roughly 438 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 3745Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3748Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3750Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3746Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3754Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3758Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3748Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3750Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3746Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3754Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3758Barred spiral22 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).