NGC 3884
NGC 3884
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
180k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3884 as it looked roughly 323 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 3883Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3864Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3844Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3875Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3954Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3864Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3844Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3787Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3875Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3954Elliptical10 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).