NGC 3753
NGC 3753
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
406 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
189k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 406 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3753 as it looked roughly 406 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 3758Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3754Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3746Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3750Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3748Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3653Lenticular31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3754Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3746Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3750Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3748Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3653Lenticular31 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).