NGC 3976
NGC 3976
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
125 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 125 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3976 as it looked roughly 125 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 4191Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3876Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4224Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4078Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4249Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4257Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3876Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4224Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4078Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4249Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4257Spiral13 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).