NGC 3862
NGC 3862
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
302 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 302 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3862 as it looked roughly 302 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 3868Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 2955Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3851Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3805Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2955Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3851Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3805Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3841Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3837Elliptical8.4 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).