NGC 2
NGC 2
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2 as it looked roughly 349 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 76Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7765Galaxy23 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 74Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 70Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7777Lenticular31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7765Galaxy23 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 74Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 70Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7777Lenticular31 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).