NGC 3808B
NGC 3808B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
333 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 333 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3808B as it looked roughly 333 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 3808ASpiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3744Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3761Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3832Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 732NIrregular14 million ly
apartNGC 3883Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3744Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3761Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3832Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 732NIrregular14 million ly
apartNGC 3883Barred spiral14 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).