IC 3959
IC 3959
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
328 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 328 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3959 as it looked roughly 328 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 4030Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4848Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 4041Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 4045Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4807Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4821Elliptical5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4848Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 4041Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 4045Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4807Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4821Elliptical5.9 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).