IC 3789
IC 3789
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
897 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 897 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3789 as it looked roughly 897 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 3815Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3860Galaxy28 million ly
apartIC 3881Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 3683Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 3677Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3884Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3860Galaxy28 million ly
apartIC 3881Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 3683Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 3677Elliptical32 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).