NGC 3783
NGC 3783
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3783 as it looked roughly 136 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 3903Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3706Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3742Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3749Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 2977Irregular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3557BElliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3706Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3742Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3749Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 2977Irregular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3557BElliptical14 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).