NGC 3768
NGC 3768
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
156 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 156 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3768 as it looked roughly 156 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 3764 NED01Spiral920,000 ly
apartNGC 3790Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3802Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3801Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3806Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3790Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3802Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3801Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3806Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral7.3 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).