NGC 3755
NGC 3755
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3755 as it looked roughly 73 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 3813Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3712Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3430Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3424Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3629Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3381Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3712Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3430Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3424Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3629Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3381Barred spiral13 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).