NGC 3863
NGC 3863
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3863 as it looked roughly 209 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 4012Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 737Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 3040Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2851Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2762Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 736Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 737Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 3040Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2851Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2762Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 736Elliptical29 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).