NGC 3859
NGC 3859
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
255 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 255 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3859 as it looked roughly 255 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 3873Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3860Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3845Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3816Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3821Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3886Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3860Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3845Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3816Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3821Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3886Elliptical17 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).