NGC 3824
NGC 3824
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3824 as it looked roughly 262 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 3829Barred spiral850,000 ly
apartNGC 3759Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3737Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 2943Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3916Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3759Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3737Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 2943Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3916Barred spiral14 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).