IC 3809
IC 3809
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
478 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 478 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3809 as it looked roughly 478 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 3855Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartIC 3891Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3828Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3956Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3863Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3891Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3828Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3956Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3863Spiral22 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).