NGC 3961
NGC 3961
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3961 as it looked roughly 317 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 3562Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3890Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3523Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 3343Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 3465Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 3500Spiral50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3890Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3523Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 3343Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 3465Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 3500Spiral50 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).