NGC 3820
NGC 3820
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3820 as it looked roughly 284 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 3817Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 3833Spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3822Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3819Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 2941Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3833Spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3822Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3819Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 2941Barred spiral8.8 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).