NGC 2993
NGC 2993
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2993 as it looked roughly 114 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 3030Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2992Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3045Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2986Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2979Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2992Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3045Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2986Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2979Spiral15 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).