NGC 3855
NGC 3855
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
434 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 434 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3855 as it looked roughly 434 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 729Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3881Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3847Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 726Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2952Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3871Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3881Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3847Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 726Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2952Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3871Barred spiral17 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).