IC 3883
IC 3883
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3883 as it looked roughly 175 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 4739Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4776Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4770Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4878Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4888Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4777Spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4776Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4770Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4878Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4888Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4777Spiral9.4 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).