NGC 3994
NGC 3994
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
144 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 144 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3994 as it looked roughly 144 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 2979Lenticular740,000 ly
apartNGC 3935Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 2986Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3991 NED01Irregular4.3 million ly
apartIC 2973Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 2978Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3935Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 2986Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3991 NED01Irregular4.3 million ly
apartIC 2973Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 2978Barred spiral6.4 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).