NGC 3785
NGC 3785
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
420 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 420 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3785 as it looked roughly 420 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 3826Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 2956Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 710Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3739Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3746Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3754Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2956Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 710Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3739Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3746Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3754Barred spiral32 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).