NGC 2991
NGC 2991
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
347 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 347 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2991 as it looked roughly 347 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 2994Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 2988Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2931Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2929Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2927Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3088BBarred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2988Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2931Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2929Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2927Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3088BBarred spiral21 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).