IC 3761
IC 3761
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
408 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
17.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 408 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3761 as it looked roughly 408 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 3656Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3654Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 3662Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3671Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4047Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3615Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3654Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 3662Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3671Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4047Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3615Spiral42 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).