NGC 3883
NGC 3883
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
328 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 328 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3883 as it looked roughly 328 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 3884Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3875Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3929Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 732NIrregular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3954Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3875Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3929Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 732NIrregular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3954Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular11 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).