NGC 3803
NGC 3803
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3803 as it looked roughly 167 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 spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3801Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3790Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3934Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3933Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3801Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3790Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3934Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3933Barred spiral11 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).