NGC 3759A
NGC 3759A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
268 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 268 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3759A as it looked roughly 268 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 3737Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartIC 2943Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3759Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3916Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3921Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3824Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2943Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3759Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3916Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3921Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3824Barred 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).