NGC 2916
NGC 2916
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2916 as it looked roughly 173 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 3060Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2954Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3053Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2896Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2745Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2862Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2954Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3053Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2896Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2745Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2862Barred spiral24 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).