NGC 3955
NGC 3955
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3955 as it looked roughly 70 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 3956Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4033Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3904Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4027Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4035Spiral9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4033Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3904Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4027Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4035Spiral9.9 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).