NGC 3894
NGC 3894
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
151 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 151 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3894 as it looked roughly 151 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 3895Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 3770Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3963Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3958Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3725Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3770Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3963Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3958Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3725Barred spiral9.0 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).