IC 3893
IC 3893
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
726 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 726 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3893 as it looked roughly 726 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 3922Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3751Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4152Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 3890Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3746Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4145Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3751Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4152Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 3890Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3746Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4145Spiral34 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).