NGC 2955
NGC 2955
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2955 as it looked roughly 326 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 2971Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2965Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 2500Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2944 NED01Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2965Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 2500Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2944 NED01Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2459Elliptical26 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).