NGC 3989
NGC 3989
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3989 as it looked roughly 208 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 4005Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 4018Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 3987Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4000Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4023Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4022Lenticular5.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4018Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 3987Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4000Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4023Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4022Lenticular5.6 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).