NGC 3828
NGC 3828
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
481 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 481 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3828 as it looked roughly 481 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
IC 2945 NED01Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2914Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2936Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2810Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2840Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2745Barred spiral50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2914Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2936Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2810Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2840Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2745Barred spiral50 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).