NGC 2983
NGC 2983
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
95 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 95 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2983 as it looked roughly 95 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 2907Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2848Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2935Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3045Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2992Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2902Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2848Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2935Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3045Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2992Spiral13 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).