IC 3949
IC 3949
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
351 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 351 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3949 as it looked roughly 351 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 839Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4906Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartIC 3913Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4827Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 4106Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 4040Spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4906Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartIC 3913Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4827Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 4106Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 4040Spiral6.6 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).