IC 3771
IC 3771
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
904 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 904 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3771 as it looked roughly 904 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 3844Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 3885Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 4037Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3842Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 3993Elliptical64 million ly
apartIC 3909Barred spiral87 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3885Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 4037Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3842Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 3993Elliptical64 million ly
apartIC 3909Barred spiral87 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).