NGC 3771
NGC 3771
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3771 as it looked roughly 278 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 3763Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3858Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3724Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3774Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3854Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3905Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3858Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3724Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3774Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3854Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3905Spiral15 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).