NGC 3951
NGC 3951
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
301 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 301 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3951 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
NGC 4003Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4002Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 742Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3943Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2968Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4002Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 742Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3943Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2968Lenticular16 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).