NGC 3995
NGC 3995
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABm
155 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 155 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3995 as it looked roughly 155 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 3991 NED02Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3966Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 2985Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 2978Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 2981Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3991 NED01Irregular6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3966Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 2985Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 2978Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 2981Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3991 NED01Irregular6.8 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).