NGC 2957 NED01
NGC 2957 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2957 NED01 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 2957ASpiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2963Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3144Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2892Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 3343Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 3562Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2963Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3144Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2892Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 3343Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 3562Elliptical34 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).