NGC 3891
NGC 3891
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
293 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 293 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3891 as it looked roughly 293 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 3988Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2967Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3897Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3971Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3781Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 3911Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2967Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3897Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3971Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3781Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 3911Spiral31 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).