NGC 2935
NGC 2935
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2935 as it looked roughly 106 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 2986Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 2891Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3045Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2983Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3081Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2907Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2891Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3045Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2983Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3081Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2907Spiral13 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).