IC 3967
IC 3967
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
386 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 386 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3967 as it looked roughly 386 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 3966Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 4028Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 4049Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 4034Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4774 NED02Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4774 NED01Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4028Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 4049Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 4034Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4774 NED02Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4774 NED01Barred 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).