NGC 3887
NGC 3887
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3887 as it looked roughly 56 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 4129Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3513Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3511Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4094Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 770Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 4487Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3513Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3511Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4094Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 770Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 4487Spiral15 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).