NGC 3813
NGC 3813
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3813 as it looked roughly 68 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 3755Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3712Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3629Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3424Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3512Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3430Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3712Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3629Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3424Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3512Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3430Spiral14 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).