NGC 3929
NGC 3929
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
332 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 332 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3929 as it looked roughly 332 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 3883Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3954Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 732NIrregular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3875Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3884Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 732SLenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3954Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 732NIrregular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3875Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3884Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 732SLenticular12 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).