NGC 3920
NGC 3920
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
170 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 170 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3920 as it looked roughly 170 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 3902Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3944Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3815Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3812Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3798Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3814Galaxy7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3944Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3815Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3812Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 3798Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3814Galaxy7.8 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).