IC 3822
IC 3822
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3822 as it looked roughly 198 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 3827Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4714Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 3834Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4748Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4825Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4756Elliptical9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4714Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 3834Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4748Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4825Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4756Elliptical9.3 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).