IC 2957
IC 2957
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
19k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2957 as it looked roughly 85 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 3900Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3899Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3712Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3755Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3652Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3665Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3899Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3712Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3755Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3652Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3665Lenticular16 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).