NGC 3811
NGC 3811
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
148 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 148 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3811 as it looked roughly 148 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
IC 705Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4047Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3656Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3549Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3415Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3416Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4047Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3656Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3549Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3415Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3416Spiral26 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).