NGC 3889
NGC 3889
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
764 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 764 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3889 as it looked roughly 764 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 3671Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 4199AElliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 4801Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 646Spiral150 million ly
apartNGC 4549Spiral160 million ly
apartNGC 4547Elliptical190 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4199AElliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 4801Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 646Spiral150 million ly
apartNGC 4549Spiral160 million ly
apartNGC 4547Elliptical190 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).