NGC 2960
NGC 2960
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2960 as it looked roughly 230 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 3039Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2948Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2861Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2900Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2481Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 562Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2948Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2861Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2900Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2481Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 562Barred spiral31 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).