NGC 3900
NGC 3900
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3900 as it looked roughly 83 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 3899Barred spiral890,000 ly
apartIC 2957Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3712Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 700 NED04Irregular12 million ly
apartNGC 3629Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3755Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2957Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3712Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 700 NED04Irregular12 million ly
apartNGC 3629Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3755Spiral17 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).