NGC 2971
NGC 2971
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2971 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 2965Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 2500Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2955Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2944 NED01Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2500Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2955Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2944 NED01Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral23 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).