NGC 3876
NGC 3876
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3876 as it looked roughly 133 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 3869Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3976Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3872Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 735Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3731Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 4191Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3976Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3872Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 735Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3731Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 4191Lenticular19 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).