NGC 3778
NGC 3778
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3778 as it looked roughly 204 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 4603BBarred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 4785Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 4200Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 4622Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 4616Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 4603ABarred spiral57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4785Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 4200Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 4622Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 4616Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 4603ABarred spiral57 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).