IC 3886
IC 3886
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
880 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
17.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 880 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3886 as it looked roughly 880 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 3881Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3907Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3931Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3867Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3871Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3907Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3931Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3867Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3871Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral25 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).