NGC 2329
NGC 2329
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2329 as it looked roughly 275 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 2332Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2340Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2326Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 461Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 2320Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 459Galaxy14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2340Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2326Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 461Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 2320Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 459Galaxy14 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).