NGC 2941
NGC 2941
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
347 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 347 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2941 as it looked roughly 347 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 3040 NED02Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2934Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 582Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 2991Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 2994Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED01Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2934Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 582Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 2991Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 2994Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED01Spiral33 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).