IC 3714
IC 3714
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
424 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 424 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3714 as it looked roughly 424 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 3704Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3702Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3567Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3694Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 3698Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 3525Spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3702Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3567Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3694Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 3698Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 3525Spiral47 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).