NGC 3940
NGC 3940
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
301 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 301 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3940 as it looked roughly 301 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
IC 742Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3943Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 2968Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3937Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3947Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3943Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 2968Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3937Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3947Barred 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).