NGC 2961
NGC 2961
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2961 as it looked roughly 210 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 2959Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 2650Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 2629Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 2646Lenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 3407Elliptical46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2650Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 2629Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 2646Lenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 3407Elliptical46 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).