NGC 2894
NGC 2894
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
100 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 100 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2894 as it looked roughly 100 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 2882Spiral1.3 million ly
apartIC 540Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2906Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2962Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2725Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 540Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2906Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2962Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2725Spiral14 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).