IC 3758
IC 3758
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3758 as it looked roughly 336 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 4655Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3713Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 3717Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 3783Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 3895Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3897Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3713Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 3717Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 3783Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 3895Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3897Spiral16 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).