NGC 3798
NGC 3798
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3798 as it looked roughly 166 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 3812Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartNGC 3814Galaxy2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3815Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3772Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3902Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3920Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3814Galaxy2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3815Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3772Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3902Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3920Barred spiral7.4 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).