IC 3721
IC 3721
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3721 as it looked roughly 307 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 3784Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3696Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartIC 3745Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 3715Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4685Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 3655Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3696Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartIC 3745Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 3715Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4685Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 3655Spiral11 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).