NGC 3847
NGC 3847
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
444 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
196k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 444 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3847 as it looked roughly 444 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 726Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartIC 2952Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 729Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3871Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3881Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3855Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2952Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 729Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3871Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3881Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3855Barred spiral10 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).