NGC 2989
NGC 2989
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2989 as it looked roughly 194 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 3028Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 546Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3085Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3112Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 546Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3085Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3112Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical19 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).