NGC 3882
NGC 3882
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3882 as it looked roughly 86 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 3136BElliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 4219Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3896Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3136Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3136AIrregular26 million ly
apartNGC 4751Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4219Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3896Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3136Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3136AIrregular26 million ly
apartNGC 4751Elliptical27 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).