NGC 3988
NGC 3988
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3988 as it looked roughly 305 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 3971Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4146Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3891Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2967Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 4211Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4211ALenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4146Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3891Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2967Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 4211Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4211ALenticular22 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).