NGC 2305
NGC 2305
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
158 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 158 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2305 as it looked roughly 158 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 2297Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2369Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2369ASpiral14 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2202Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2369Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2369ASpiral14 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2202Barred spiral18 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).