NGC 3795A
NGC 3795A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3795A as it looked roughly 53 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 3795Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 3850Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3898Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 691Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3733Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3982Spiral4.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3850Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3898Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 691Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3733Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3982Spiral4.0 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).