IC 3776
IC 3776
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
486 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 486 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3776 as it looked roughly 486 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 3659Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4081Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 846Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 4172Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 3296Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 3213Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4081Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 846Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 4172Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 3296Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 3213Elliptical50 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).