NGC 2896
NGC 2896
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2896 as it looked roughly 195 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 2862Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2487Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2916Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2933Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2766Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2487Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2916Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2933Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2766Barred spiral27 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).