NGC 3869
NGC 3869
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
140 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 140 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3869 as it looked roughly 140 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 3876Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 735Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3872Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3731Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 2870Irregular15 million ly
apartIC 2822Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 735Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3872Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3731Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 2870Irregular15 million ly
apartIC 2822Barred spiral16 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).