NGC 2997
NGC 2997
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
9.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2997 as it looked roughly 50 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 3113Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3125Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3137Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 2883Irregular6.2 million ly
apartIC 2507Irregular8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3125Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3137Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 2883Irregular6.2 million ly
apartIC 2507Irregular8.1 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).