IC 3784
IC 3784
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3784 as it looked roughly 308 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 3721Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3715Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 3745Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 3696Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4685Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 3655Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3715Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 3745Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 3696Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4685Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 3655Spiral11 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).