NGC 2964
NGC 2964
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2964 as it looked roughly 61 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 3118Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 2520Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3003Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 2524Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3067Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3026Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2520Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3003Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 2524Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3067Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3026Barred spiral8.5 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).