IC 3819
IC 3819
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
586 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 586 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3819 as it looked roughly 586 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 3824Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 807Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 806Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 814Elliptical130 million ly
apartNGC 5309Galaxy150 million ly
apartNGC 4918Lenticular150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 807Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 806Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 814Elliptical130 million ly
apartNGC 5309Galaxy150 million ly
apartNGC 4918Lenticular150 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).