NGC 3885
NGC 3885
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3885 as it looked roughly 91 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 3936Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3673Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4105Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 2995Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 3010Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3923Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3673Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4105Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 2995Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 3010Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3923Elliptical10 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).