IC 3860
IC 3860
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
907 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
17.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 907 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3860 as it looked roughly 907 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 3871Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3907Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3881Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3815Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3931Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3884Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3907Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3881Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3815Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3931Barred spiral18 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).