NGC 3784
NGC 3784
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3784 as it looked roughly 321 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 3781Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3728Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3713Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3714Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3761Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3832Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3728Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3713Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3714Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3761Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3832Spiral21 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).