IC 3724
IC 3724
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
655 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 655 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3724 as it looked roughly 655 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 3709Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3760Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 3629Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 815Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 3613Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 3574Elliptical51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3760Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 3629Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 815Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 3613Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 3574Elliptical51 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).