NGC 3957
NGC 3957
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3957 as it looked roughly 79 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 4027Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3956Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3981Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4027AIrregular3.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3956Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3981Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4027AIrregular3.1 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).