NGC 2929
NGC 2929
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
351 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 351 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2929 as it looked roughly 351 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 2931Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 2927Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 544Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2991Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2994Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2988Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2927Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 544Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2991Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2994Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2988Barred spiral16 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).