IC 3875
IC 3875
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
1.2 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.2 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3875 as it looked roughly 1.2 billion 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 3763Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 4007Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 4079Spiral84 million ly
apartIC 4080 NED02Galaxy85 million ly
apartIC 3929Barred spiral87 million ly
apartIC 3905 NED02Barred spiral90 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4007Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 4079Spiral84 million ly
apartIC 4080 NED02Galaxy85 million ly
apartIC 3929Barred spiral87 million ly
apartIC 3905 NED02Barred spiral90 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).