NGC 2891
NGC 2891
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2891 as it looked roughly 108 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 2888Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2935Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2821Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2986Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2815Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2904Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2935Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2821Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2986Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 2815Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2904Elliptical12 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).