IC 3882
IC 3882
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
565 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 565 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3882 as it looked roughly 565 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
IC 3880Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 3985Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 3649Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 864Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 3397Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 3659Barred spiral73 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3985Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 3649Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 864Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 3397Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 3659Barred spiral73 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).