NGC 2087
NGC 2087
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2087 as it looked roughly 208 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 2191Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2007Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1998Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1803Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 1930Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 1680Barred spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2007Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1998Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 1803Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 1930Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 1680Barred spiral42 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).