NGC 3796
NGC 3796
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
58 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 58 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3796 as it looked roughly 58 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 3945Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 3757Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartIC 691Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3838Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4041Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 758Spiral3.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3757Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartIC 691Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3838Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4041Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 758Spiral3.9 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).