IC 3834
IC 3834
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3834 as it looked roughly 203 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 3827Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4714Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 3822Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4825Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4863Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4792Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4714Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 3822Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4825Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4863Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4792Lenticular12 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).