IC 3907
IC 3907
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
901 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
17.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 901 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3907 as it looked roughly 901 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 3871Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 3881Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3860Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 3931Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3886Galaxy22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3881Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3860Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 3931Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3886Galaxy22 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).