NGC 2939

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NGC 2939 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3,665±23 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 176.3 ± 12.4 Mly (54.05 ± 3.80 Mpc).

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Image: Legacy Surveys / D. Lang (Perimeter Institute), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.