NGC 3966
NGC 3966
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
151 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 151 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3966 as it looked roughly 151 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 3991 NED02Spiral1.1 million ly
apartIC 2978Barred spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 3991 NED01Irregular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3995Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 2985Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 2973Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2978Barred spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 3991 NED01Irregular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3995Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 2985Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 2973Barred spiral5.1 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).