NGC 3767
NGC 3767
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3767 as it looked roughly 296 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 3868Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3857Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical18 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).