NGC 2959
NGC 2959
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2959 as it looked roughly 207 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 2961Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 2650Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2629Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 2646Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2650Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2629Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 2646Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical44 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).