IC 3692
IC 3692
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
303 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 303 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3692 as it looked roughly 303 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 3657Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 3655Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3696Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 3715Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 3736Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3784Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3655Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3696Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 3715Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 3736Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3784Barred spiral12 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).