IC 3799
IC 3799
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
171 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 171 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3799 as it looked roughly 171 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 3825Galaxy4.3 million ly
apartIC 3831Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4829Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4770Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4776Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4782Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3831Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4829Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4770Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4776Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4782Elliptical16 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).