NGC 3781
NGC 3781
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
312 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 312 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3781 as it looked roughly 312 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 3784Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3728Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3713Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3714Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3832Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3710Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3728Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3713Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3714Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3832Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3710Elliptical24 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).