NGC 2988
NGC 2988
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
357 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 357 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2988 as it looked roughly 357 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 2991Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2994Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2929Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2931Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2927Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED02Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2994Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2929Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2931Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2927Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED02Lenticular19 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).