IC 3728
IC 3728
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3728 as it looked roughly 1.1 billion 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 3788Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3848 NED02Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 3905 NED02Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 3929Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 3763Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 3744Barred spiral75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3848 NED02Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 3905 NED02Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 3929Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 3763Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 3744Barred spiral75 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).