NGC 3963
NGC 3963
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
148 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 148 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3963 as it looked roughly 148 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 3895Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3894Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3958Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3770Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4149Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3894Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3958Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3770Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4149Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3740Barred spiral9.1 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).