NGC 3905
NGC 3905
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
268 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 268 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3905 as it looked roughly 268 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 3858Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3854Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3959Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 747Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3967Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3970Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3854Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3959Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 747Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3967Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3970Lenticular13 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).