IC 3891
IC 3891
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
475 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 475 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3891 as it looked roughly 475 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 3855Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 3809Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3956Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4010Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4870Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3809Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3956Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4010Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4870Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral22 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).