NGC 3801
NGC 3801
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
162 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 162 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3801 as it looked roughly 162 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 3806Barred spiral800,000 ly
apartNGC 3790Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3803Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3768Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3802Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3790Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3803Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3768Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3802Barred spiral9.1 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).