IC 3905 NED02
IC 3905 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3905 NED02 as it looked roughly 1.1 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 3929Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4025Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 4080 NED01Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4080 NED02Galaxy39 million ly
apartIC 4079Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 3788Barred spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4025Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 4080 NED01Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4080 NED02Galaxy39 million ly
apartIC 4079Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 3788Barred spiral42 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).