NGC 3810
NGC 3810
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
46 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 46 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3810 as it looked roughly 46 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 3705Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 2782Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 2828Irregular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3666Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 2767Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3691Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2782Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 2828Irregular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3666Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 2767Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3691Barred spiral6.4 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).