NGC 3802
NGC 3802
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
153 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 153 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3802 as it looked roughly 153 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 3768Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3853Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3790Lenticular7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3853Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3790Lenticular7.0 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).