IC 3735
IC 3735
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3735 as it looked roughly 88 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 3478Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4608Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4461Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4641Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4584Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4746Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4608Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4461Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4641Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4584Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4746Barred spiral6.8 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).