IC 3884
IC 3884
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
903 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
223k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 903 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3884 as it looked roughly 903 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 3860Galaxy7.8 million ly
apartIC 3871Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3881Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3931Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3907Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3815Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3871Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3881Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3931Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3907Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3815Barred spiral21 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).