IC 3920
IC 3920
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
366 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 366 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3920 as it looked roughly 366 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 3850Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 3835Spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 4168Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4100Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3897Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4165Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3835Spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 4168Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4100Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3897Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4165Spiral20 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).