IC 3813
IC 3813
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
150 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 150 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3813 as it looked roughly 150 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 4831Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4970Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 3289Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4936Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4970Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 3289Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4936Elliptical16 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).