IC 3919
IC 3919
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
489 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 489 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3919 as it looked roughly 489 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 3879Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3863Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3987Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 4020Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 3975Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3863Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3987Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 4020Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 3975Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral9.2 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).