IC 3897
IC 3897
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
346 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
15k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 346 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3897 as it looked roughly 346 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 3895Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3783Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3921Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3835Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3758Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 3717Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3783Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3921Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3835Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3758Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 3717Elliptical16 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).