NGC 3954
NGC 3954
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
324 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 324 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3954 as it looked roughly 324 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 3929Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3883Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3884Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3875Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3937Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3883Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3884Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3875Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3937Elliptical14 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).