IC 3828
IC 3828
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
491 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 491 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3828 as it looked roughly 491 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 3863Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 3879Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 3843Spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 3919Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3855Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3879Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 3843Spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 3919Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3855Elliptical16 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).