IC 3852
IC 3852
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3852 as it looked roughly 204 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 3862Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 4687Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4711Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4687Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4711Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral16 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).