NGC 3839
NGC 3839
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
276 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 276 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3839 as it looked roughly 276 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 3833Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3817Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3820Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 724Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3843Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3817Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 727Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3820Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 724Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3843Lenticular14 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).