NGC 2967
NGC 2967
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2967 as it looked roughly 89 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 3023Spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 560Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3018Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2974Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3055Spiral9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 560Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3018Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 2974Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3055Spiral9.0 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).