NGC 2914
NGC 2914
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
147 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 147 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2914 as it looked roughly 147 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 2911Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 2913Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2872Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2873Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2990Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2913Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2872Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2873Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2990Spiral14 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).