NGC 3851
NGC 3851
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
295 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 295 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3851 as it looked roughly 295 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 3841Elliptical670,000 ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3868Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3842Elliptical4.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3837Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3868Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3842Elliptical4.6 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).