NGC 3969
NGC 3969
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
309 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 309 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3969 as it looked roughly 309 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 3823Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2856Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 2889Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 3661Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 3775Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2856Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 2889Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 3661Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 3775Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 695Spiral52 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).