IC 3975
IC 3975
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
482 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 482 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3975 as it looked roughly 482 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 4020Spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 3987Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 4010Spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 3919Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 4068Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3987Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 4010Spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 3919Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 4068Elliptical11 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).