IC 3850
IC 3850
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
367 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 367 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3850 as it looked roughly 367 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 3920Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 3835Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4704Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4100Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4168Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 3897Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3835Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4704Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4100Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4168Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 3897Spiral21 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).