NGC 3805
NGC 3805
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3805 as it looked roughly 305 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 3862Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3851Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3868Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 707Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2955Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3851Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3868Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 707Spiral11 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).