NGC 2990
NGC 2990
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
144 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 144 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2990 as it looked roughly 144 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 2913Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2914Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2911Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2872Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 2873Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2914Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2911Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2872Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 2873Spiral21 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).