NGC 3854
NGC 3854
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
265 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
144k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 265 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3854 as it looked roughly 265 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 3858Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3905Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3791Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3789Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3763Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3959Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3905Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3791Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3789Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3763Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3959Spiral13 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).