IC 3783
IC 3783
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
346 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 346 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3783 as it looked roughly 346 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 3758Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4655Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 3897Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3717Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3895Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3713Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4655Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 3897Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3717Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3895Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3713Lenticular15 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).