NGC 2956
NGC 2956
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
449 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 449 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2956 as it looked roughly 449 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 2996Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 542Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 579Barred spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 3025Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 2952Spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 3141Spiral76 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 542Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 579Barred spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 3025Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 2952Spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 3141Spiral76 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).