NGC 3814
NGC 3814
NGC 3814 is a galaxy in the constellation Leo about 164 million ly from Earth. It spans roughly 38,000 ly, about 38% of our Milky Way's width. The light reaching us tonight left it about 164 million years ago.
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3814 as it looked roughly 164 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 3798Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3815Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3772Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3902Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3920Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3798Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3815Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3772Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3902Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3920Barred spiral7.8 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).