IC 3913
IC 3913
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
350 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 350 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3913 as it looked roughly 350 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
NGC 4827Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4787Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 3949Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 839Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartIC 835Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4906Elliptical6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4787Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 3949Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 839Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartIC 835Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4906Elliptical6.9 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).