NGC 3958
NGC 3958
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
154 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 154 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3958 as it looked roughly 154 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 3894Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3895Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3963Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3770Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3809Lenticular8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3895Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3963Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3770Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3809Lenticular8.5 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).