NGC 3835
NGC 3835
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3835 as it looked roughly 114 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 3683ASpiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3780Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3888Spiral8.4 million ly
apartMedusa Galaxy MergerBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4481Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3780Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3888Spiral8.4 million ly
apartMedusa Galaxy MergerBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4481Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular14 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).