IC 3717
IC 3717
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3717 as it looked roughly 336 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 3758Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4655Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartIC 3713Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3783Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3895Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3921Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4655Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartIC 3713Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3783Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3895Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3921Spiral15 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).