NGC 2965
NGC 2965
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
312 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 312 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2965 as it looked roughly 312 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 2971Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 2500Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2955Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 2944 NED01Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2500Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2955Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 2944 NED01Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral24 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).