NGC 2376
NGC 2376
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2376 as it looked roughly 252 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 2370Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 2198Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2405Galaxy18 million ly
apartIC 2180Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2342Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2341Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2198Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2405Galaxy18 million ly
apartIC 2180Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2342Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2341Spiral22 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).