NGC 3881
NGC 3881
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
437 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 437 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3881 as it looked roughly 437 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 729Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3855Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3847Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 726Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3871Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2952Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3855Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3847Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 726Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3871Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2952Barred spiral14 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).