NGC 2937
NGC 2937
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2937 as it looked roughly 316 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 2897Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2936Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 2878Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2877Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2898Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 539Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2936Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 2878Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2877Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2898Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 539Spiral33 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).