IC 3762
IC 3762
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
9k ly
across
17.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3762 as it looked roughly 83 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 3391Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 3369Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4405Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4383Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4502Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4450Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3369Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4405Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4383Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4502Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4450Spiral12 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).