NGC 3834
NGC 3834
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3834 as it looked roughly 316 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 3864Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3844Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3884Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3805Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3844Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3884Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3805Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical14 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).