IC 3832
IC 3832
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
481 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 481 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3832 as it looked roughly 481 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 3843Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3879Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3863Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3975Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 3919Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3916Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3879Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3863Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3975Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 3919Elliptical17 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).