IC 3795
IC 3795
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
206 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 206 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3795 as it looked roughly 206 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 3892Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 3862Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3852Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3862Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3852Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical19 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).