IC 3829
IC 3829
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3829 as it looked roughly 133 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 844Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4936Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4574Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4180Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4947ABarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4936Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4574Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4180Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4947ABarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular18 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).