IC 3855
IC 3855
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
479 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 479 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3855 as it looked roughly 479 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 3809Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 3891Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3956Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4010Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3828Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3891Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3956Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4010Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3828Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral16 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).