NGC 3842
NGC 3842
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
291 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
181k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 291 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3842 as it looked roughly 291 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 3857Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3851Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 2951Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3837Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3851Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 2951Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical6.2 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).