IC 3715
IC 3715
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
311 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 311 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3715 as it looked roughly 311 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 3696Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartIC 3745Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartIC 3655Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3784Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4685Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 3721Spiral7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3745Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartIC 3655Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3784Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4685Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 3721Spiral7.7 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).