NGC 3907
NGC 3907
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
268 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 268 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3907 as it looked roughly 268 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 4006Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3979Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 754Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3907BBarred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2974Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 716Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3979Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 754Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3907BBarred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2974Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 716Barred spiral20 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).