NGC 2089
NGC 2089
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2089 as it looked roughly 133 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 2124Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2143Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2073Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 438Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1906Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2143Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2073Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 438Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1906Spiral15 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).