NGC 2895
NGC 2895
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
410 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 410 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2895 as it looked roughly 410 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 2739Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 2740Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 3168Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 2675Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 2742ABarred spiral58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2740Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 3168Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 2675Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 2742ABarred spiral58 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).