NGC 3845
NGC 3845
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3845 as it looked roughly 263 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 3860Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3816Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3821Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3859Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3886Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3873Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3816Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3821Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3859Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3886Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3873Elliptical13 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).