IC 3957
IC 3957
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3957 as it looked roughly 296 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
NGC 4886Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartIC 4042Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 4133Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4828Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4841BElliptical6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4042Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 4133Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4828Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4841BElliptical6.4 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).