IC 3686
IC 3686
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
943 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
230k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 943 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3686 as it looked roughly 943 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 3573Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 3602Elliptical67 million ly
apartIC 3187Barred spiral91 million ly
apartIC 3196Barred spiral93 million ly
apartIC 3240Barred spiral95 million ly
apartIC 3621Elliptical97 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3602Elliptical67 million ly
apartIC 3187Barred spiral91 million ly
apartIC 3196Barred spiral93 million ly
apartIC 3240Barred spiral95 million ly
apartIC 3621Elliptical97 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).