NGC 2992
NGC 2992
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2992 as it looked roughly 102 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 2907Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3045Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2993Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2983Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2848Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3045Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2902Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2993Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2983Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 2848Spiral13 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).