NGC 2917
NGC 2917
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
171 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 171 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2917 as it looked roughly 171 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 2817Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3042Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2858Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 534Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2987Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3042Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2858Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 534Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2987Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular27 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).