NGC 3761
NGC 3761
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3761 as it looked roughly 327 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 3744Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3808ASpiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3808BBarred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3728Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3832Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3808ASpiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3808BBarred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3728Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3832Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular15 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).