NGC 3795
NGC 3795
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3795 as it looked roughly 55 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 3795ASpiral1.2 million ly
apartIC 691Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3898Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3850Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3733Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3796Elliptical4.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 691Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3898Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3850Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3733Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3796Elliptical4.1 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).