NGC 2280
NGC 2280
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2280 as it looked roughly 89 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 2293Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 2292Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2272Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 456Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2295Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2325Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2292Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2272Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 456Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 2295Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2325Elliptical13 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).