NGC 2934
NGC 2934
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
378 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
17.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 378 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2934 as it looked roughly 378 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 2923Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 2928Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2943Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2941Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2928Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2943Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2941Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral31 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).