NGC 2913
NGC 2913
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2913 as it looked roughly 142 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 2914Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2911Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2872Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2873Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2990Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2911Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2872Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2873Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2990Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral13 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).