NGC 3926B
NGC 3926B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
358 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 358 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3926B as it looked roughly 358 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 3910Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartIC 744Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3925Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3867Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4069Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 732SLenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 744Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3925Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3867Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4069Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 732SLenticular22 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).