NGC 3844
NGC 3844
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3844 as it looked roughly 317 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 3864Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3834Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3884Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3883Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3805Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3834Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3884Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3883Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3805Elliptical13 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).