IC 3697
IC 3697
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
769 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
172k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 769 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3697 as it looked roughly 769 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 3786Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3746Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 3751Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 3890Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 3893Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 3922Barred spiral59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3746Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 3751Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 3890Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 3893Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 3922Barred spiral59 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).