NGC 2900
NGC 2900
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2900 as it looked roughly 248 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
IC 2481Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2861Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2960Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2948Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 531Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2773Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2861Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2960Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2948Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 531Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2773Spiral26 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).