NGC 3965
NGC 3965
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
682 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 682 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3965 as it looked roughly 682 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 725Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 715NWGalaxy150 million ly
apartIC 697Lenticular150 million ly
apartIC 814Elliptical160 million ly
apartNGC 3703Lenticular160 million ly
apartIC 680Barred spiral170 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 715NWGalaxy150 million ly
apartIC 697Lenticular150 million ly
apartIC 814Elliptical160 million ly
apartNGC 3703Lenticular160 million ly
apartIC 680Barred spiral170 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).