IC 3711
IC 3711
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
18k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3711 as it looked roughly 78 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 4606Barred spiral1.8 million ly
apartIC 3720Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4579Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4640Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 3693Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 3586Lenticular4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3720Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4579Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4640Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 3693Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 3586Lenticular4.4 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).