NGC 2328
NGC 2328
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2328 as it looked roughly 55 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 2310Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 2502Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2104Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2101Irregular16 million ly
apartNGC 2640Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2135Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2502Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2104Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2101Irregular16 million ly
apartNGC 2640Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2135Spiral20 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).