NGC 2950
NGC 2950
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2950 as it looked roughly 64 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 2768Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2742Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2654Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2880Elliptical9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2742Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2820Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 2820ASpiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2654Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2880Elliptical9.0 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).