NGC 2930
NGC 2930
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2930 as it looked roughly 307 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 545Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED01Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 3068Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 2994Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 2991Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 2931Barred spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3040 NED01Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 3068Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 2994Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 2991Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 2931Barred spiral42 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).