IC 3736
IC 3736
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
313 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 313 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3736 as it looked roughly 313 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 3655Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 3715Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 3734Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 3847Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 3692Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3696Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3715Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 3734Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 3847Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 3692Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3696Elliptical12 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).