NGC 2049
NGC 2049
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
138 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 138 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2049 as it looked roughly 138 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
IC 2153 NED01Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 2153 NED02Irregular13 million ly
apartNGC 2073Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2150Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2124Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2153 NED02Irregular13 million ly
apartNGC 2073Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2150Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2124Barred spiral25 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).