IC 3723
IC 3723
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3723 as it looked roughly 251 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 3726Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3808Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 4189Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3808Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 4189Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical39 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).