NGC 3872
NGC 3872
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
147 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 147 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3872 as it looked roughly 147 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 735Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3731Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3853Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3869Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3731Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3853Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3869Spiral10 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).