NGC 2946
NGC 2946
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
419 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 419 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2946 as it looked roughly 419 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 568Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2943Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3048 NED02Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2928Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2943Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3048 NED02Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2928Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral34 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).