NGC 2906
NGC 2906
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2906 as it looked roughly 108 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 2919Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2894Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2882Spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 540Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2962Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2894Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 2882Spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 540Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2962Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral17 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).