NGC 3999
NGC 3999
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3999 as it looked roughly 193 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 4011Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3983Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4015 NED01Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4015 NED02Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4022Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4023Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3983Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4015 NED01Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4015 NED02Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4022Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4023Barred spiral12 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).