NGC 3868
NGC 3868
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
297 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 297 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3868 as it looked roughly 297 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
IC 2955Elliptical1.3 million ly
apartNGC 3851Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular4.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3851Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3862Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 3857Lenticular4.8 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).