NGC 2320
NGC 2320
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
267 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 267 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2320 as it looked roughly 267 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 461Galaxy4.5 million ly
apartIC 459Galaxy5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2332Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2340Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2326Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2329Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 459Galaxy5.5 million ly
apartNGC 2332Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2340Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2326Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2329Elliptical13 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).