NGC 3899
NGC 3899
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3899 as it looked roughly 83 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 3900Lenticular890,000 ly
apartIC 2957Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3712Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 700 NED04Irregular12 million ly
apartNGC 3629Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3755Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2957Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3712Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 700 NED04Irregular12 million ly
apartNGC 3629Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3755Spiral17 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).