NGC 2969
NGC 2969
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2969 as it looked roughly 233 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
IC 550Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3064Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 562Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2881 NED02Galaxy22 million ly
apartNGC 2884Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 3110Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3064Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 562Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2881 NED02Galaxy22 million ly
apartNGC 2884Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 3110Barred spiral25 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).