IC 3881
IC 3881
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
894 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
17.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 894 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3881 as it looked roughly 894 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 3907Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3871Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3860Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 3931Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3886Galaxy14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3871Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3860Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 3931Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3886Galaxy14 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).