IC 3812
IC 3812
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3812 as it looked roughly 159 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 4773Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4885Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4780Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4071Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4925Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4777Spiral9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4885Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4780Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4071Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4925Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4777Spiral9.8 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).