NGC 3850
NGC 3850
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3850 as it looked roughly 54 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 3898Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 3733Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3795ASpiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3982Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3795Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3998Lenticular3.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3733Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3795ASpiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 3982Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3795Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3998Lenticular3.4 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).