IC 3766
IC 3766
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
797 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 797 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3766 as it looked roughly 797 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 4146Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 3867Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 3409Barred spiral85 million ly
apartIC 3677Elliptical86 million ly
apartIC 3886Galaxy88 million ly
apartIC 3359Barred spiral91 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3867Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 3409Barred spiral85 million ly
apartIC 3677Elliptical86 million ly
apartIC 3886Galaxy88 million ly
apartIC 3359Barred spiral91 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).