NGC 3857
NGC 3857
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3857 as it looked roughly 292 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 3837Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3842Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3851Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3868Lenticular4.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3842Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3851Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3868Lenticular4.8 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).