NGC 3921
NGC 3921
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3921 as it looked roughly 275 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 3916Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3977Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 2943Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3737Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3824Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3977Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 2943Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3759ABarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3737Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3824Barred spiral17 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).