NGC 3934
NGC 3934
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
169 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 169 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3934 as it looked roughly 169 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 3933Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4014Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3803Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3806Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3801Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3790Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4014Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3803Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3806Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3801Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3790Lenticular12 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).