IC 3976
IC 3976
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3976 as it looked roughly 316 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
NGC 4871Lenticular720,000 ly
apartIC 3963Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartIC 3943Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4864Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4895AElliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4869Elliptical3.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3963Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartIC 3943Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4864Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4895AElliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4869Elliptical3.4 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).