NGC 3822
NGC 3822
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
289 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 289 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3822 as it looked roughly 289 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 3819Elliptical820,000 ly
apartNGC 3820Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3817Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3833Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 2941Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3820Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3817Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3833Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 2941Barred spiral7.6 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).