NGC 3758
NGC 3758
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
416 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 416 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3758 as it looked roughly 416 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 3754Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3746Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3750Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3748Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3753Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3751Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3746Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3750Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3748Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3753Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3751Elliptical22 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).