IC 3916
IC 3916
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
480 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 480 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3916 as it looked roughly 480 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 3975Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 4020Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3987Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 3919Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 4010Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 3879Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4020Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3987Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 3919Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 4010Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 3879Barred spiral10 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).