IC 3909
IC 3909
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
823 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 823 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3909 as it looked roughly 823 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 3786Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 3697Barred spiral65 million ly
apartIC 3890Spiral86 million ly
apartIC 3771Barred spiral87 million ly
apartIC 3746Barred spiral88 million ly
apartIC 4152Elliptical90 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3697Barred spiral65 million ly
apartIC 3890Spiral86 million ly
apartIC 3771Barred spiral87 million ly
apartIC 3746Barred spiral88 million ly
apartIC 4152Elliptical90 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).