IC 3870
IC 3870
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
1.4 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
17.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.4 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3870 as it looked roughly 1.4 billion 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 3875Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 4007Elliptical170 million ly
apartIC 3610Barred spiral180 million ly
apartIC 3763Barred spiral180 million ly
apartIC 3278 NED03Barred spiral200 million ly
apartIC 4079Spiral210 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4007Elliptical170 million ly
apartIC 3610Barred spiral180 million ly
apartIC 3763Barred spiral180 million ly
apartIC 3278 NED03Barred spiral200 million ly
apartIC 4079Spiral210 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).