NGC 2958
NGC 2958
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
309 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 309 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2958 as it looked roughly 309 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 554Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 2984Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 557Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 565 NED01Galaxy32 million ly
apartIC 585Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 552Lenticular40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2984Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 557Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 565 NED01Galaxy32 million ly
apartIC 585Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 552Lenticular40 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).