NGC 3790
NGC 3790
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
160 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 160 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3790 as it looked roughly 160 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 3801Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3806Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3768Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3802Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3803Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3806Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3768Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3802Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3803Barred spiral7.1 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).