IC 3844
IC 3844
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
922 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 922 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3844 as it looked roughly 922 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 3771Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4037Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3842Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 3993Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 3885Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 4061 NED01Elliptical84 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4037Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3842Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 3993Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 3885Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 4061 NED01Elliptical84 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).