NGC 3846A
NGC 3846A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3846A as it looked roughly 67 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 3838Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3756Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3757Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3499Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4036Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3619Lenticular8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3756Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3757Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3499Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4036Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3619Lenticular8.6 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).