IC 3824
IC 3824
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
609 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
200k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 609 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3824 as it looked roughly 609 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 3819Galaxy23 million ly
apartIC 807Elliptical95 million ly
apartIC 814Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 806Barred spiral120 million ly
apartNGC 5309Galaxy160 million ly
apartIC 4265Spiral160 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 807Elliptical95 million ly
apartIC 814Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 806Barred spiral120 million ly
apartNGC 5309Galaxy160 million ly
apartIC 4265Spiral160 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).