IC 3730
IC 3730
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3730 as it looked roughly 327 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 3759Spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 3661Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 813Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3736Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3734Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4685Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3661Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 813Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3736Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3734Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4685Elliptical15 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).