NGC 2994
NGC 2994
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
346 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 346 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2994 as it looked roughly 346 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 2991Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 2988Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2931Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2929Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2927Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3088BBarred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2988Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2931Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2929Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2927Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3088BBarred spiral21 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).