NGC 3826
NGC 3826
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
424 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 424 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3826 as it looked roughly 424 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 2956Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3785Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 710Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3739Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 3964Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 3748Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3785Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 710Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3739Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 3964Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 3748Lenticular34 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).