IC 3993
IC 3993
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
949 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 949 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3993 as it looked roughly 949 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 3842Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 3844Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 4037Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 4061 NED01Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 3771Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 4207Barred spiral65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3844Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 4037Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 4061 NED01Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 3771Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 4207Barred spiral65 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).