NGC 3944
NGC 3944
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
170 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 170 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3944 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 3902Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3920Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4008Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3815Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3812Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3798Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3920Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4008Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3815Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3812Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3798Lenticular10 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).