IC 3837
IC 3837
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
9k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3837 as it looked roughly 53 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
NGC 4710Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartIC 3530Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4758Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4747Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4725Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4539Spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3530Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4758Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4747Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4725Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4539Spiral6.4 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).