NGC 2924
NGC 2924
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2924 as it looked roughly 210 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
IC 546Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2989Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2945Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3127Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2989Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2945Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3127Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular28 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).