IC 3726
IC 3726
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3726 as it looked roughly 235 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 3808Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 3723Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4189Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3723Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4189Spiral27 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).