NGC 3827
NGC 3827
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
146 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 146 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3827 as it looked roughly 146 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 3802Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3853Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3768Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3853Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3768Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral12 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).