NGC 2954
NGC 2954
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
178 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 178 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2954 as it looked roughly 178 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 3053Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3060Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2874Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3075Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2916Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 528Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3060Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2874Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3075Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2916Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 528Spiral23 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).