NGC 3809
NGC 3809
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
160 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 160 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3809 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 3762Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3835AElliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3725Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3958Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3894Elliptical9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3835AElliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3725Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3958Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3894Elliptical9.9 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).