NGC 3915
NGC 3915
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3915 as it looked roughly 78 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 3818Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 2969Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3952Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3732Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2969Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3952Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3732Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular9.8 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).