NGC 3937
NGC 3937
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
310 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
158k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 310 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3937 as it looked roughly 310 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 3946Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 2968Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3943Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartIC 742Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3844Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2968Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3943Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartIC 742Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3844Lenticular13 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).