NGC 2986
NGC 2986
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2986 as it looked roughly 108 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 2935Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3045Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3081Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 2891Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3054Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2983Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3045Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3081Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 2891Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3054Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2983Lenticular13 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).