NGC 3964
NGC 3964
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
399 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 399 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3964 as it looked roughly 399 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
IC 2971Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4104Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 2961Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 2956Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3826Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 3785Lenticular35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4104Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 2961Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 2956Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3826Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 3785Lenticular35 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).