NGC 2996
NGC 2996
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
410 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 410 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2996 as it looked roughly 410 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 3025Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2956Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 3141Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 3140Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 542Lenticular67 million ly
apartNGC 3133Barred spiral80 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2956Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 3141Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 3140Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 542Lenticular67 million ly
apartNGC 3133Barred spiral80 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).