NGC 2985
NGC 2985
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2985 as it looked roughly 60 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 3403Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 2715Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3252Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2591Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2655Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3622Spiral9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2715Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3252Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2591Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 2655Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3622Spiral9.8 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).