NGC 2920
NGC 2920
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
147 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 147 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2920 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 2921Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 2772Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2865Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3072Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2947Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2889Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2772Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2865Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 3072Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2947Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2889Spiral27 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).