NGC 3860
NGC 3860
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3860 as it looked roughly 261 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 3845Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3816Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3821Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3859Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3873Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3886Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3816Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3821Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3859Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3873Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3886Elliptical11 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).