NGC 3806
NGC 3806
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
163 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 163 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3806 as it looked roughly 163 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 3801Lenticular800,000 ly
apartNGC 3790Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3803Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3768Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3802Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3790Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3803Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3764 NED01Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3768Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3802Barred spiral9.8 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).