IC 3880
IC 3880
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
568 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 568 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3880 as it looked roughly 568 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 3882Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 3985Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 3649Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 864Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 3397Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 3659Barred spiral75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3985Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 3649Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 864Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 3397Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 3659Barred spiral75 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).