NGC 3970
NGC 3970
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
270 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 270 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3970 as it looked roughly 270 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 3905Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3974Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 761Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3858Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 747Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3854Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3974Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 761Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3858Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 747Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3854Spiral19 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).