NGC 2966
NGC 2966
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2966 as it looked roughly 94 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 2962Lenticular970,000 ly
apartIC 540Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2967Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3023Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2894Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3018Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 540Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2967Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3023Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2894Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 3018Barred spiral9.8 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).