NGC 3897
NGC 3897
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3897 as it looked roughly 298 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 2950Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4097Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3891Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2967Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 3014Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 4148Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4097Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3891Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2967Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 3014Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 4148Lenticular29 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).