NGC 3789
NGC 3789
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
258 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 258 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3789 as it looked roughly 258 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 3791Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3730Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3854Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3696Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3858Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3730Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3854Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3696Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3858Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3707Elliptical16 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).