NGC 2926
NGC 2926
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2926 as it looked roughly 203 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 2942Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 2922Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2439Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2766Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2862Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2428Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2922Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2439Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2766Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2862Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2428Spiral27 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).