NGC 3956
NGC 3956
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3956 as it looked roughly 77 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 3957Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4027Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral3.4 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3981Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4027Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral3.4 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3981Barred spiral4.4 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).