IC 3987
IC 3987
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
486 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 486 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3987 as it looked roughly 486 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 4020Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 3975Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 3919Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4010Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 3879Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3975Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 3919Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 3916Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4010Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 3879Barred spiral9.1 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).