IC 3788
IC 3788
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
216k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3788 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 3905 NED02Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 3728Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3929Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 4025Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 4080 NED01Spiral66 million ly
apartIC 3848 NED02Elliptical68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3728Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3929Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 4025Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 4080 NED01Spiral66 million ly
apartIC 3848 NED02Elliptical68 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).