IC 3862
IC 3862
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3862 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 3852Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 4687Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4711Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4687Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4711Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical15 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).