NGC 2962
NGC 2962
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2962 as it looked roughly 93 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 2966Spiral970,000 ly
apartIC 540Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2894Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2967Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2882Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3023Spiral9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 540Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2894Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2967Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2882Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3023Spiral9.9 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).