NGC 3846
NGC 3846
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
454 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 454 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3846 as it looked roughly 454 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 3594Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED02Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED01Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 4172Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 4198Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED03Lenticular38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4054 NED02Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED01Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 4172Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 4198Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED03Lenticular38 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).