NGC 3962
NGC 3962
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
10.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3962 as it looked roughly 85 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 4050Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4027AIrregular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3981Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3892Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4027AIrregular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3981Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3779Barred spiral9.5 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).