NGC 3779
NGC 3779
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3779 as it looked roughly 79 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 3732Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartIC 688Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3818Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3636Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3637Lenticular8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 688Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3818Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3636Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3637Lenticular8.3 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).