NGC 2987
NGC 2987
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
174 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 174 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2987 as it looked roughly 174 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 3042Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2858Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 534Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2917Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 2874Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2858Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 534Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2917Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 2874Barred spiral25 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).