NGC 3879
NGC 3879
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3879 as it looked roughly 65 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 3622Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4125Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4221Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4081Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4363Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4391Elliptical7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4125Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4221Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4081Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4363Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4391Elliptical7.3 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).