IC 3955
IC 3955
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
357 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 357 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3955 as it looked roughly 357 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 4040Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4853Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 4033Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4927Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 3949Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 4111Lenticular6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4853Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 4033Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4927Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 3949Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 4111Lenticular6.9 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).