NGC 3853
NGC 3853
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
151 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 151 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3853 as it looked roughly 151 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 3802Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3768Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3827Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3800Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3768Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3827Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral8.4 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).