NGC 2944 NED01
NGC 2944 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2944 NED01 as it looked roughly 318 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 2918Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2955Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2971Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2965Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 2500Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2955Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2971Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2965Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 2832Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 2500Barred spiral25 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).