NGC 2939
NGC 2939
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
155 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 155 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2939 as it looked roughly 155 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 2911Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2914Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2873Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2872Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2913Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2990Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2914Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2873Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2872Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2913Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2990Spiral16 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).