NGC 3787
NGC 3787
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3787 as it looked roughly 323 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 3884Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3844Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3883Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3864Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3834Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3875Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3844Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3883Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3864Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3834Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3875Lenticular12 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).