NGC 3890
NGC 3890
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3890 as it looked roughly 318 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 3562Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3523Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3465Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3961Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3500Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3343Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3523Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3465Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3961Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3500Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3343Elliptical34 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).