IC 3815
IC 3815
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
908 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 908 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3815 as it looked roughly 908 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 3860Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 3789Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3871Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3881Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3907Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3789Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3871Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3881Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3907Spiral27 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).