NGC 2928
NGC 2928
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
388 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 388 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2928 as it looked roughly 388 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 2943Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 2923Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2934Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2923Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2934Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral28 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).