NGC 3816
NGC 3816
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3816 as it looked roughly 263 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 3821Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3845Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3860Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3859Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3886Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3873Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3845Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3860Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3859Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3886Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3873Elliptical13 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).