IC 3806
IC 3806
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3806 as it looked roughly 66 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 4647Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4880Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 3701Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 3448Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4478Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4477Lenticular6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4880Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 3701Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 3448Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4478Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4477Lenticular6.1 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).