NGC 2889
NGC 2889
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
156 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 156 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2889 as it looked roughly 156 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
IC 2482Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2817Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 537Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2947Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2920Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3076Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2817Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 537Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2947Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2920Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3076Spiral30 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).