IC 3842
IC 3842
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
956 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 956 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3842 as it looked roughly 956 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 3993Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 3844Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 4037Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 4061 NED01Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 3771Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 3885Barred spiral70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3844Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 4037Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 4061 NED01Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 3771Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 3885Barred spiral70 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).