NGC 3780
NGC 3780
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3780 as it looked roughly 111 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 3888Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3683ASpiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3835Spiral8.0 million ly
apartMedusa Galaxy MergerBarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4384Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3683ASpiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3835Spiral8.0 million ly
apartMedusa Galaxy MergerBarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4384Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3674Lenticular18 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).