NGC 3849
NGC 3849
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3849 as it looked roughly 281 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 3914Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3720Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3719Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3907BBarred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3843Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 4073Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3720Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3719Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3907BBarred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3843Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 4073Elliptical24 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).