NGC 2330
NGC 2330
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2330 as it looked roughly 225 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 464Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular38 million ly
apartIC 459Galaxy38 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 461Galaxy41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2429ALenticular38 million ly
apartIC 459Galaxy38 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 461Galaxy41 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).