NGC 3756
NGC 3756
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3756 as it looked roughly 60 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 3657Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3838Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3757Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3733Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3898Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 691Lenticular6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3838Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3757Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3733Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3898Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 691Lenticular6.3 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).