NGC 2908
NGC 2908
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2908 as it looked roughly 281 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 3144Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3343Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2957ASpiral46 million ly
apartNGC 2963Barred spiral47 million ly
apartPolarissima BorealisLenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3343Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2957ASpiral46 million ly
apartNGC 2963Barred spiral47 million ly
apartPolarissima BorealisLenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical49 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).