NGC 3904
NGC 3904
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3904 as it looked roughly 75 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 3923Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartIC 2913Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 2764Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 3005Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3717Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3955Lenticular9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2913Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 2764Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 3005Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3717Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3955Lenticular9.2 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).