NGC 3837
NGC 3837
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3837 as it looked roughly 294 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 3841Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartNGC 3851Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3842Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3868Lenticular4.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3851Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3842Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3868Lenticular4.6 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).